Congratulations to the people of the Liverpool Plains. You deserve this victory.
ABC News, 11 August 2016:
The NSW Government will buy back BHP's licence for the Caroona coal mine on the Liverpool Plains, ending a decade-long fight by farmers to shut down the project.
inflation, meaning the total price tag is around $220 million.
The exploration licence was issued in 2006 for underground coal mining covering approximately 344 square kilometres in the Liverpool Plains — an area of prime agricultural land.
The State Government said after careful consideration it determined the mine posed too great a risk to the future of the food bowl and its underground water sources.
The Deputy Premier and Nationals leader Troy Grant said the decision was in the best interests of the local community….
Yahoo News, 7 July 2016:
The Mining Gateway Panel has flagged six deficiencies in BHP Billiton's Caroona Coal Mining Project.
NSW Farmers and local landholders have slammed the gateway's lack of authority to shut the project down.
NSW Farmers and local landholders have slammed the gateway's lack of authority to shut the project down.
Hopefully the Baird Government will resist federal government pressure and go on to address the issue of Shenhua Watermark open cut coal mine and associated coal seam gas project.
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