Warkworth Coal Mine Continuation

There is no reason for this expansion previous requests have been denied.

There is too much proof that the expansion of this mine will be detrimental to the whole environment surrounding the area.

It's time NSW moved on from mining and into other industries that are not detrimental to environments and communities.

It's not just Mt Thorley / Warkworth mine, it's the whole mining community of Australia that helps support my family, your family, as well as the Australian economy. Without this support, many families, businesses across Australia would be crippled and left in a state of disrepair. 1300 families and many businesses depend on this mine. Let the continuation project of Mt Thorley / Warkworth be granted so the mine can continue to play the integral part in supporting our families, community and country.

The local economy is suffering with the current downturn - this would be another kick in the guts. It woudl be very difficult for the workers being made redundent to find new employment after so many other mines in the area have down sized their employment.

I support the MTW extension.

Please register my objection to the proposal to extend the mine. The Applicant 's request to modify the development consent to allow clearing of the Warkworth Sands Woodland on the site, prior to achieving the full
re-establishment of the 2:1 offset for the Woodland and
to modify the conditions to alter the specific parameters and units of measure for the flora and fauna monitoring program effectively makes a mockery of NSW biodiversity offset policy.

The NSW Scientific Committee has determined that the Warkworth Sands Woodland ecological community is likely to become extinct if threats such as coal mining are not mitigated, only a small area of the community remains located in the Wakworth and there are no conservation areas.

This ecological is Endangered under NSW law, also supports a number of endangered species.

A decision of the LEC to refuse expansion is being overturned.

To accept approval to further expand the coal mine and clear the endangered woodlands and ignore the original conditions of approval , is a violation of NSW conservation laws, makes a mockery of LEC and leads to a perception of corruption when NSW government goes to such extremes to override policy to protect environment to ensure economic profits of a mining company.

I object to SSD6464 & SSD6465 Continuation Projects
The original Warkworth application was dismissed by the Land & Environment Court, & the Supreme Court, because of significant unacceptable social & ecological impacts.
It should be rejected again because of its potential to put human health, water & threatened species at risk

I support the MTW extension

I, Anthony Patterson fully support the expansion of MTW for continued employment in the Hunter Valley

I support the MTW extension

I support the MTW extension

I support the MTW extension

I support the MTW extension

1300 jobs speaks for itself. That's potentially 1300 local families, wives, children that contribute to the community and walk amongst us. They are our friends, they are our family. We need to look after the greater good of the community.

I am writing to register my objection to the approval of both the Warkworth (SSD 6464) and Mt Thorley (SSD 6465) Continuation Projects.

The proposed projects will have significant environmental and social impacts, including but not limited to: biodiversity loss, air quality issues arising from coal dust, impacts on Aboriginal cultural heritage, impacts upon surface and ground water resources, and increase greenhouse gas emissions. The projects will significantly impact upon the ecology of the Warkworth Sands Woodland Endangered Ecological Community.

The Warkworth Continuation Project proposes to mine the same area of land as the previous 2010 Warkworth Extension application. That 2010 application was dismissed by both the Land and Environment Court and Supreme Court of NSW due to significant and unacceptable impacts on biological diversity, including on endangered ecological communities, noise impacts and social impacts. Although there are some differences in this new application, the broad scale impacts of the proposal remain the same.

These proposals have the potential to create long-term damage to threatened species, water and human health in the region and should be rejected.

We need this extension to maintain thousands of jobs in the Vally which at the moment is not looking good for mine workers.

I am writing to register my objection to the approval of both the Warkworth (SSD 6464) and Mt Thorley (SSD 6465) Continuation Projects.

The proposed projects will have significant environmental and social impacts, including but not limited to: biodiversity loss, air quality issues arising from coal dust, impacts on Aboriginal cultural heritage, impacts upon surface and ground water resources, and increase greenhouse gas emissions. The projects will significantly impact upon the ecology of the Warkworth Sands Woodland Endangered Ecological Community.

The Warkworth Continuation Project proposes to mine the same area of land as the previous 2010 Warkworth Extension application. That 2010 application was dismissed by both the Land and Environment Court and Supreme Court of NSW due to significant and unacceptable impacts on biological diversity, including on endangered ecological communities, noise impacts and social impacts. Although there are some differences in this new application, the broad scale impacts of the proposal remain the same.

These proposals have the potential to create long-term damage to threatened species, water and human health in the region and should be rejected.

Thank you

HAVING SEEN THE IMPACTS OF COAL MINE CLOSURES IN THE UK I CAN SPEAK TO THE IMPACT IT HAS ON THE SOCIAL FABRIC OF THE SOCIETY IN WHICH IT WAS ONCE THE CORE. FIRST THERE IS THE PRIDE OF ONCE BEING PART OF A GREAT INDUSTRY, THEN THERE IS THE DEPRESSION OF REALISING THAT THERE IS NOTHING TO REPLACE THE PRIDE, THEN THERE IS NOTHING AND SOCIETY START TO SHOW SIGNS OF STRESS, THEN THE HIGH STREET GETS BOARDED UP, THEN EVERYONE LEAVES, LEAVING BEHIND A NEGLECTED SHELL OF ITS FORMER SELF.

MINING PROVIDES AND HAS THE ABILITY TO DO SO INTO THE FUTURE. WE NEED MINING, AND MINING NEEDS US, OUR CHILDREN NEED MINING AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN NEED MINING.

I am writing to register my objection to the approval of both the Warkworth (SSD 6464) and Mt Thorley (SSD 6465) Continuation Projects.

The proposed projects will have significant environmental and social impacts, including but not limited to: biodiversity loss, air quality issues arising from coal dust, impacts on Aboriginal cultural heritage, impacts upon surface and ground water resources, and increase greenhouse gas emissions. The projects will significantly impact upon the ecology of the Warkworth Sands Woodland Endangered Ecological Community.

The Warkworth Continuation Project proposes to mine the same area of land as the previous 2010 Warkworth Extension application. That 2010 application was dismissed by both the Land and Environment Court and Supreme Court of NSW due to significant and unacceptable impacts on biological diversity, including on endangered ecological communities, noise impacts and social impacts. Although there are some differences in this new application, the broad scale impacts of the proposal remain the same.

These proposals have the potential to create long-term damage to threatened species, water and human health in the region and should be rejected.

If a very similar proposal has been rejected by the Coutrs in the past the current Proposal should also be rejected!

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.

The community around Bulga, having real concerns about their livelihood and lifestyle, are being ignored by 'big business' and government - the latter more concerned about catering to the interests of 'big business'.

Two Land & Environment Court rulings upholding the concerns of the community are ignored by a government which has comprised members now fronting corruption allegations before the ICAC.


I do not expect that Public Servants (so-called) are without blemish in the dealings which go on between mining companies, developers and government behind closed doors

This is a contemptible state of government in New South Wales.

The Warkworth Coal Mine modification will only go ahead if the government is content to continue favouring 'big business' over the interests of the community.

If the government stomps on the community despite the Land & Environment Court having due regard for the community then the government is saying that the public will be entitled to take matters into their own hands because the government is against them and the legal system.