Warkworth Coal Mine Continuation

The continuation of this mine will provide support for local jobs, futures for families, and growth in the community. MTW needs to gain approval so that the local community can continue to operate and grow as a whole. The local industry is in a down turn at present which has impacted the local communuity from the shopkeepers to real estate prices. If MTW where not able to expand this impact would continue.

I would like to support the 1,300 employees & their family members, not to mention the large number of business owners that will be affected if extension is not approved. This will also effect myself directly as I am based at HVO & my family. My son also will be affected & his family not to mention my son-in-law & daughter who are in-directly involved in mining. My wife will also feel the effects being a business owner in the Hunter Valley as she has already seen a significant decrease due to the current climate. Mining has always been the back-bone of Australia, please dont jeopardise this.

I strongly support the approval of the mount Thorley warkworth extension , If it is not approved I won't have a job , I know
A lot of people in exactly the same position not only working at the mine but in the community the effect will flow right on through the community and will effect a lot more than just the 1300 employees ,

The flow on effect to the wider community if submissions like this are not approved can be devastating. The future of the community economy is put at risk and where do we find employment for our children in the future??

I wholeheartedly support mining in our community to ensure employment and communities stay strong.

I support the extension , my job is 100 % dependant on MTW and some of my family also rely on MTW for employment .

As an employee of the company and resident of the area surrounding the mine, I support the proposed extension of the Warkworth Continuation Project on the basis of the continued employment and benefits of the mine to the local area. With the current downturn in the industry generally, I have observed the negative flow on effects that this has had to the people and businesses in the region.

Coal & Allied, through their community sponsorship development fund and site donations committees, have been able to provide significant funding for regional school programmes and school holiday activities - funding that is much appreciated in these areas. Should the activity of local mines such as Warkworth Mine, be reduced due to planning and approval constraints, then it is likely that the community benefits, such as the school assistance programmes, will be reduced.

As a result, I support any approval by the Department that will allow the continuation of mining by Coal & Allied at Warkworth Mine.

It is vital to the people of the Hunter and surrounding suburbs that this extension go ahead. It is also vital to the 1300 workers and their families that rely on this site to keep them together as a family unit.
If the continuation of this mine does not go forward families will be forced to seek other employment in other states on a fly in fly out bases. As my partner and myself have both worked in this environment and have seen first hand the destruction that has happened to the family unit, we do not wish for this to happen and keep happening. Local jobs for local families! keep N.S.W Mining alive! !!!

The extension secures my families future!
Born & bred in Singleton, I know the significance of the mining industry in our community. Both my husband & I are employed at Mt Thorley Warkworth Mine & aswell as our own personal job losses & hardship that the extension not being approved would ensure, it will also most definitely cause other job losses within supportive businesses to the mine. Our town will suffer tremendously also, from areas such as the retail sector to governmental resources such as our schooling, doctors with the decline in numbers . The downturn in the industry has already hit the town & community hard enough!
My entire family live in Singleton & we have raised our two teenage children here, close to their family. I do not wish to move them away from their home, but should this extension not go ahead I fear we would not have an option but to leave the area to secure work.

We don't need the coal, the world does not need the coal. This coal mine should be closed asap. The jobs there are short term anyway. The coal industry is in decline as renewable energy takes over. It is time to stop propping up declining and unneeded coal mine at the expense of productive agriculture and the environment.

This is a submission against both the Warkworth (SSD 6464) and Mt Thorley (SSD 6465) Continuation Projects.

The NSW Land and Environment Court ruled in April 2013 that expanding the Warkworth coal mine would do the NSW public more harm than good. Judge Preston found that the information used by Rio Tinto and NSW Planning in support of the project was wrong, and he overturned the approval.

When Rio Tinto and the NSW Government appealed that decision to the NSW Supreme Court (Court of Appeal), they lost. Two superior NSW courts have now ruled that Rio's plan to expand the Warkworth coal mine fails on merit.

The Bulga people and their many supporters justly assumed that this would be the end of the project. Instead, Rio Tinto have simply resubmitted their mining application. It has been split in two, and the name updated, but these two projects (SSD 6464 and SSD 6465) are effectively the same project that has been rejected by two NSW courts (MP 09_0202).

That the Planning Department has even accepted Rio Tinto's application is a failure of procedural fairness, and makes a farce of the very process you are now asking us, the public, to participate in. We are being asked to make submissions on a project that has already been through this very same assessment process and failed - only to be resubmitted. We are being asked to submit to a process overseen by a Department that is clearly working closely with the proponent to get the project approved, and which got the decision wrong the first time around. There can be no faith in this process.

The Department must respect the decisions of the NSW Land and Environment Court, and the NSW Supreme Court (Court of Appeal), and reject these applications.

This extension needs to be approved for the sake of my job and 1299 others including our families. N.S.W can't afford to lose more jobs and more workers. Please, make the right choice.Our families rely on it. I depend on it. This means I see my children everyday. Not once a month! Please, keep my family together.

I support the Warkworth Continuation Project based on my understanding that it will enable jobs and flow on economic benefits for the region.

I WISH TO PUT FORWARD MY OBJECTION TO THE EXTENSION OF THE PROPOSED OF THE MINE. WE LIVE IN VERY CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE EXISTING MINED AREA AND ALREADY HAVE MAJOR ISSUES WITH EXCESSIVE NOISE. THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE WHICH HAS BEEN RAISED COUNTLESS TIMES WITH THE MINE OPERATORS. UNFORTUNATLEY THE OPERATORS HAVE NO INTEREST IN ADDRESSING THESE ISSUES EVEN THOUGH THEY ADMIT THAT THE NOISE AT TIMES IS IN BREACH OF THEIR CURRENT CONSENT. THIS RAISES THE QUESTION OF HOW WILL THEY KEEP WITHIN NOISE LIMITS IF THEY ARE GIVEN THE APPROVAL AND COME MUCH CLOSER TO OUR HOME? I HAVE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS WITH VARIOUS EMPLOYEES AND MANAGEMENT FROM COAL AND ALLIED AND STATED THAT I DO NOT WANT THE MINE TO CLOSE, BUT I DO WANT A GUARANTEE THAT THE NOISE WILL NOT EXCEED CURRENT CONSENT LEVELS, WHICH ARE SET WAY TOO HIGH AND THAT THE VALUE OF MY PROPERTY WILL NOT IN ANY WAY TO BE AFFECTED IF THE EXTENSION APPROVAL IS GIVEN. I HAVE RECEIVED VARIOUS RESPONSES FROM COAL AND ALLIED MANAGEMENT INCLUDING THAT IF I COMPLAIN I WILL GET NOTHING, THAT THERE IS NO POINT SPENDING MONEY ON IMPROVEMENTS TO MY HOME AS I WILL NOT GET THE BENIFITS DUE TO THE DECREASE IN VALUE IF THE EXTENSION GOES AHEAD, THE NOISE IS NO WORSE THE CRICKETTS, AND HAVE BEEN ASKED NUMEROUS TIMES WHAT DO I WANT ( GUARANTEE OF NOISE LEVELS AND PROPERTY VALUES) TO WHICH I GET THE SAME ANSWERS AS LISTED ABOVE. IF THE EXTENSION IS GRANTED I ASK FROM YOU THAT WE RECEIVE THE SAME ACQUISISATION RIGHTS AS PROPERTIES ON BOTH SIDES OF ME (WHICH IF YOU LOOK ON A MAP ARE VERY CLOSE TO OUR PROPERTY) HAVE BEEN GIVEN THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO RELOCATE TO A SIMILAR PROPERTY SIZE AND SIMILAR HOUSE AT NO COST TO US. I AM NOT ASKING FOR A MULTI MILLION DOLLAR PAY OUT, JUST A FAIR RULING SO OUR LIVES AND WAY OF LIFE ARE NOT CHANGED.

This is a submission against both the Warkworth (SSD 6464) and Mt Thorley (SSD 6465) Continuation Projects.

The NSW Land and Environment Court ruled in April 2013 that expanding the Warkworth coal mine would do the NSW public more harm than good. Judge Preston found that the information used by Rio Tinto and NSW Planning in support of the project was wrong, and he overturned the approval.

When Rio Tinto and the NSW Government appealed that decision to the NSW Supreme Court (Court of Appeal), they lost. Two superior NSW courts have now ruled that Rio's plan to expand the Warkworth coal mine fails on merit.

The Bulga people and their many supporters justly assumed that this would be the end of the project. Instead, Rio Tinto have simply resubmitted their mining application. It has been split in two, and the name updated, but these two projects (SSD 6464 and SSD 6465) are effectively the same project that has been rejected by two NSW courts (MP 09_0202).

That the Planning Department has even accepted Rio Tinto's application is a failure of procedural fairness, and makes a farce of the very process you are now asking us, the public, to participate in. We are being asked to make submissions on a project that has already been through this very same assessment process and failed - only to be resubmitted. We are being asked to submit to a process overseen by a Department that is clearly working closely with the proponent to get the project approved, and which got the decision wrong the first time around. There can be no faith in this process.

The Department must respect the decisions of the NSW Land and Environment Court, and the NSW Supreme Court (Court of Appeal), and reject these applications.

I support the extension for the warkworth site as the job loss and business loss through not getting this extension would be extremely devistating for hundreds if not thousands of people and their families who rely on this site to be operational.

I approve of the submission

"Milverton"
242 Kirkton Road
Lower Belford NSW 2335
4 August 2014

This is a submission against both the Warkworth (SSD 6464) and Mt Thorley (SSD 6465) Continuation Projects.

When will this government accept the decisions of the courts and the will of the people of NSW, it is a disgrace.

The NSW Land and Environment Court ruled in April 2013 that expanding the Warkworth coal mine would do the NSW public more harm than good. Judge Preston found that the information used by Rio Tinto and NSW Planning in support of the project was wrong, and he overturned the approval.

When Rio Tinto and the NSW Government appealed that decision to the NSW Supreme Court (Court of Appeal), they lost. Two superior NSW courts have now ruled that Rio's plan to expand the Warkworth coal mine fails on merit.

The Bulga people and their many supporters justly assumed that this would be the end of the project. Instead, Rio Tinto have simply resubmitted their mining application. It has been split in two, and the name updated, but these two projects (SSD 6464 and SSD 6465) are effectively the same project that has been rejected by two NSW courts (MP 09_0202).

That the Planning Department has even accepted Rio Tinto's application is a failure of procedural fairness, and makes a farce of the very process you are now asking us, the public, to participate in. We are being asked to make submissions on a project that has already been through this very same assessment process and failed - only to be resubmitted. We are being asked to submit to a process overseen by a Department that is clearly working closely with the proponent to get the project approved, and which got the decision wrong the first time around. There can be no faith in this process.

The Department must respect the decisions of the NSW Land and Environment Court, and the NSW Supreme Court (Court of Appeal), and reject these applications.

Christopher Robertson

Rio Tinto's MTW is a strong supporter of local and businesses Australia wide. MSS will always support a business that helps the local community and businesses.

I believe MTW should be allowed to continue because it is a source of income for many singleton residents. Finding alternate work other local mines is unlikely due to the current economic conditions.

The number of people moving out of Singleton has noticeably increased - due to market conditions and expenditure cuts. I do not believe a viable mine, which has long been operating in the region, should be restricted or closed for other reasons. Any value adding exercise has benefits and draw backs; however I feel livelihoods of 1300 workers and the multitude of NSW businesses which are involved in the running of MTW, a profitable operation at present production levels, far outweigh the negative aspects.
Thankyou.

I believe MTW should be allowed to continue because it is a source of income for many singleton residents. Finding alternate work other local mines is unlikely due to the current economic conditions.

The number of people moving out of Singleton has noticeably increased - due to market conditions and expenditure cuts. I do not believe a viable mine, which has long been operating in the region, should be restricted or closed for other reasons. Any value adding exercise has benefits and draw backs; however I feel livelihoods of 1300 workers and the multitude of NSW businesses which are involved in the running of MTW, a profitable operation at present production levels, far outweigh the negative aspects.
Thankyou.