This project will allow the continuation of jobs and income for local businesses and the mine its self. It will also allow the continued support already given to the charities and communities in the local area.

As an employee of the mine this project will also protect the future for my family and I.

This project will help the community plan for the future without coal.

I support the HVO project not only for a stable future for myself within this company of HVO and many others and their families but also all the continuous support the valley and local community have seen and will continue to see from Hunter Valley itself.

I write to support the proposal to extend the life of the HVO open cut coal mine.
Neither Australia nor the rest of the world is ready for the change to renewable energy. The change to renewable is important and urgent, however, there is a long way to go. Meanwhile the world will continue to rely on coal for power generation and steel production. Where will that coal come from? It should come from a reliable supplier in a politically stable country. It should be a high quality coal that burns efficiently and reduces emissions. HVO offers all these to the world and should continue to do so until the renewable technology is ready to replace it.
HVO has demonstrated their commitment to the community of Singleton. They are a large part of the local economy through their use of local suppliers, their employment of local staff including my family, their community grants and sponsorship programmes.
This is not a new project, and it is not an expansion of the current site.

I’m fully supportive of this North mine lease extension to be granted permission to continue. I am a firm believer that this continuation will certainly help the local economy with the monies that flow back to businesses in the the areas that employees live in. Employees also pay their taxes which flow to federal and state coffers. People need employment and this mine employs 1500 people across its entire leases which is a massive amount of money generated alone in wages and coal royalties payed . This mine is not applying for a new mine lease ! It’s is applying to continue to mine its existing North pit lease extension. It should be granted !

I am employed by HVO on a contractor basis. The town of Singleton and Hunter Valley is dependent on the income the mine provides. The benefits to the community significantly outweigh any detrimental effects.

I have worked at this mine for over 10 years. When I started working there I was destitute and living in my car.

Since then, I have bought a house and regularly donate to charities. These include cash donations to the 'op shop' organisations, a food bank for the homeless and/or struggling families, and an organisation working in the field of domestic violence. Without this job, (which pays far more than my other options), I would be forced to rent in a share house, and not able to donate anything to anyone to help others in my community.

INSUFFICIENT ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION, DISHONEST
The project's expected Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions total to 1.2 billion tonnes of CO2-e. However, Scope 3 (the burning of the coal) is not included within the enviornmental mitigation measures, even though the project's main environmental impact is the Scope 3 carbon emissions (CO2 generated from the burning of coal).

This is dishonest in its protrayal of the environmental impact of the project as a whole, and is a shameful obfuscation of the mitigation requirements of this project. Unbelievably sneaky and slippery.

I have attached a response to the project penned by my colleague Jayden Pan, which cites a range of sources and goes into more detail about the failings of this project. I am formally co-signing Jayden's response as a frequent traveller to the Central Coast (my parents have a holiday house in Hardys Bay), and a resident of the Greater Sydney area.

This is a great project for the future of the Hunter valley