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‘Extension’ of the Vickery Mine Submissions Saturday

Saturday, 20 Oct
2:00 pmto4:00 pm

Submission writing against the Vickery Megamine (think Boggabri, Gunnedah) Saturday 20 October, 2-4 pm at the Wicklow (Cocktail Room upstairs).

AACSG&M has fought for years against the fossil fuel industry (both coal and csg) in the Laird and Pilliga forests and out onto the Liverpool plains. A number of us (including Kerri, Anna, Pat and Tania) attended the Boggabri ‘Information Night’ about the Extension of the Vickery Mine presented by the Dept of Planning on Wednesday 26 September.

In many ways it’s really a new, even larger mine than previously proposed (and granted approval).

Problems include:

a. a new coal railway;
b. a rail load out facility;
c. conveyor belts;
d. new Coal Handling and Processing Plant;
e. a second bridge over the Naomi River; and
f. a new bore field with an 10 bores.

The impacts on climate change and global warming, ground and surface water, the ecology of the region, Aboriginal cultural heritage and  local communities all give grave cause for concern.

You may have seen the rejection of the repeated requests made to the minister for an extension of the time given to consider responses to the 4000 page report– and the submission date remains 25 October, 2018.

There will be a submission writing against the Vickery Mine Extension on Saturday 20 October, 2-4 pm, The Wicklow Hotel, Armidale.

If you can’t make it and/or are interested in knowing more, let me know by return email or on 0408670684 and I will send you links and further information later in the week.

I will gather material from the emails across the NorthWest Alliance to support submissions and bring it to the write-in.

Hope you can make it! Elizabeth {mobile prefix oh for}08670684

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