The Berejiklian government has given the nod for the extension of coal mining under one of Greater Sydney's reservoirs, the first such approval in two decades.
The letter details conditions for the miner, which include regular reviews of monitoring data and monthly reports to Planning and WaterNSW.National Parks Association mining projects science officer Peter Turner said the last time one of Sydney's dams was undermined by coal operations was the Cataract reservoir in about 2000.caused by the collapsing rock after coal has been removed can create cracks that reach the surface and can drain water elsewhere.
Approval for the mining expansion comes even as more than 10,000 people signed a petition against allowing it - but the NSW Parliament did not sit to hear it.A Peabody spokeswoman said the approvals would allow the mine "to continue to supply critical steel-making coal to the Port Kembla steelworks and to provide jobs for more than 400 local mining families during these unprecedented times".
"The assessment included consultation with WaterNSW, the Dams Safety Committee, and the Independent Expert Panel for Mining in the Catchment," she said, adding that Planning had adopted all of the expert recommendations imposed on the proposed mining.Environmental groups were angry the nod was given even before Parliament got to debate a petition carrying 10,000-plus signatures opposed to the expansion.
p_hannam You wan to stop coal? Stop consuming it’s products!
p_hannam 10000 signatures holds the balance of power does it
earthma23 p_hannam Kick backs and LNP donations ubiquitous no doubt.
p_hannam Ugh
p_hannam Scandalous and shameful
serehfas p_hannam Do people still burn coal? Quaint.
p_hannam What the hell are we still expanding coal mining. It’s a dying industry with climate change and clean energy being so cheap it doesn’t stack up financially. 🥜
davrosz p_hannam These GovCo idiots have not see a longwall mining operation. Still. Send 'em down pit, and let them try to figure out what happens behind the miner. Bye Bye reservoir. That is all.
p_hannam When the climate trials begin Gladys' will be short and decisive
p_hannam Oh we notice
p_hannam Now Sydney people will be able to empathise with those in the country who have putting up with this for decades.
toolate2stopnow p_hannam What could possibly go wrong
p_hannam We can legally protest in groups of 2
p_hannam How wrong is this idiot she has no idea at any thing in our Government
ElaineEDO p_hannam Does the government not understand how their actions erode public trust? Ergo: if we cannot trust them to protect our water supply and the environment, and us from climate emergency, why should we trust them on covid19?
WomanOnTheShore p_hannam NO Gas from under the Great Artesian Basin & NO Coal from the Sydney Water Catchment BoilingPointOz
p_hannam KateRWashington RyanPark_Keira
p_hannam We have ecocidal vipers running this country!!!
p_hannam GladysB you MONSTER!!!!!!
plalor p_hannam On a sea of idiocy this is peak stupidity. Coal. FFS.
raywilton4 p_hannam So we will have a climatecatastrophe , pandemic and no drinking water! Thanks GladysB , things are getting better all the time!🤪. 🇦🇺going 🥜!
iMusing p_hannam Well, they're not going to get protests when no more than 2 people can gather....this is only the first.
p_hannam since when have polies listened to the people? It's all about them and what they can get their grubby little hands on and besides there's nothing left to sell off now surely?
p_hannam Coal mining under one of Greater Sydney's reservoirs? Don't we want to protect our water supply? What could possibly go wrong?!?! GladysB HeathcoteLee
The_Rail_Life p_hannam Not at all acceptable 😦 GladysB
p_hannam You know all that water you're going to need for hand washing etc....yeah Gladys just gave it away
p_hannam This is the reason you cannot trust conservative governments particularly stupid ones. The resources of this country are not owned by governments they are owned by the people. Bombard her office with emails from the people telling he she is sacked!
p_hannam Shock Doctrine in action.
p_hannam Be weary people? A lot of things will be approved unnoticed while being in the shadow of the current Covid-19 epidemic. Just saying........
p_hannam Just as Gladys getting some kudos with corona responses, we are reminded of this Governments true colours.
p_hannam What the h***. Seriously. Come on! Stop with all this rubbish. Even if you don’t believe in climate impact, surely the potential impact to humans should be enough. Did we not already learn from the last, horrifying summer.
p_hannam This is typical of Gladys
SammieMacM p_hannam She probably got an all expenses paid holiday to Aspen to ski as payment to let the coal project pass .
p_hannam She's disgusting, despicable and disgraceful. A terrible premier
p_hannam World pandemic and still the shit continues.
p_hannam One way to extend the capacity of the reservoir I guess [TIC]
p_hannam GladysB MarkSpeakman How has this been allowed to go ahead? This is state govt vandalism.
p_hannam What could possibly go wrong?
drkerrynphelps p_hannam GladysB Your blatant disregard of the mandate given by the electorate is reckless and alarming. Verging on deceitful. I hope GretaThunberg tears you a new one.
p_hannam Oh FFS, they really are good at this ain't they, watergate, sports rorts, hoping one thing will eclipse another..........and that we will forget
p_hannam Evil is what evil does
p_hannam Ecause we desperately need coal right, water not so much.
p_hannam Of course they have. As government continues to say with one hand 'look over here at COVID19Aus', they then go about changing laws and granting approvals without any scrutiny.
p_hannam garethjward you are supposed to represent the people of your electorate. Find me the majority who would support this. We were running out of water four months ago and you guys do this.
Forthleft2 p_hannam How convenient people can’t protest.
p_hannam Absolutely disgusting
p_hannam So while everyone is focused on staying home to protect others GladysB approves something that is also detrimental to people’s health. Have you learnt nothing?
p_hannam Morons.
p_hannam We only have 8 years to change our trajectory towards the catastrophic effects of ClimateChange 'If you add up all the national pledges made in Paris to curb emissions, they would put the world on track to warm around 3 degrees Celsius or more'
p_hannam GladysB Who bought you Gladys? How can you and your team allow coal mining under OUR water supply? 🤬😡🥵😱 you do not know the damage this may do and the impact on generations long after your petty political party members & coal lobbyists are gone FU!
p_hannam Good timing, eh? While everyone is battling COVID19Aus this sneaky Lib Govt does what they do best, pass dodgy legislation hoping no-one will notice.
p_hannam This is a disgrace GladysB !! After the recent bushfire tragedies you should hang your head in shame 🤬🤬
p_hannam Is that what they call undermining your water supply?
p_hannam Gladdy Still up to Her Dirty Tricks,even through times of Crisis! !
p_hannam Ever heard of sink holes?Mining under a reservoir, now someone has paid a lot of money to say that’s OK and mining for one of the now most useless minerals on the planet they must have paid a LOT of money!
FatherBob p_hannam Lololololololol Jesus, we’re fucked! She’s a destroyer!!! Tell me again about the SFS? And how much we’re out of pocket?!!
p_hannam Mining operations outside of the reservoir footprint have already led to bedrock subsidence / cracking which has caused ancient perched swamps / streams to drain forever. Attempts to plug it up have continually failed & caused separate problems. This is not going to end well.
p_hannam GladysB sells everything I mean everything! That’s how she balances her budget There’s nothing left for the people of NSW, we own nothing The LNP NSW Government is the most irresponsible when it comes to taking what the can today with no thought for our future health & wellbeing
p_hannam Why would anyone in NSW be worried about water supply?
p_hannam They are not wasting any time rolling out the “jobs” (read Chicago Scool of Economics disaster capitalism).
p_hannam GladysB we see this & it’s not cool - using a crisis as a distraction to pass environmentally destructive legislation. Surely it’s time for humans to evolve - have we learnt nothing? Mother Nature can only take so much of our rubbish & destruction before turning on us. Please 💔
p_hannam Sanity prevails.
p_hannam I believe that DanielAndrewsMP did the same.
jaquix173 p_hannam 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡
p_hannam Lies Kill Truth Saves ccpvirustruth.com issuu.com
p_hannam She's a criminal 🤬
freethetruth2 p_hannam this is criminal. ElectionRorts BuildingTheSlushFund
deniseshrivell p_hannam Disgraceful! Servile response to coal industry demands and putting drinking water and environment at severe risk!
davrosz p_hannam Another NSW government clusterfuck!
p_hannam The rules will not be strict enough imo
p_hannam This is terrible! How dare the NSW government & GladysB continue to support environmental vandalism.
p_hannam The NSW Berejiklian government hasn't learned anything from (a) bush fires (b) drought (c) Diamond Princess They will never learn, in fact, living in a linear business-as-usual world
p_hannam
p_hannam Fantastic!
p_hannam Let’s jeopardise water supplies so we can have another crises lined up ready for after this one... forward planning finally.,,
p_hannam NOT on THIS Planet.
p_hannam Thyrlmere Lakes were brimming with fresh water for D(t)harawal Peoples for tens of thousands of years. NOW DRAINED ? Maddens Plains Creek, now cracked and DRAINED. You have to be joking Gladys👇🏽
p_hannam In a country where drinking water is liquid gold,why would a government ok this. It would fail a basic risk analysis on any day of the week. Beggars belief.
p_hannam Maybe they could pipe the water through the coal mine and it would be carbon filtered.
p_hannam I see most were fooled by her 'compassion' during the bushfire crisis. Jokes on you, suckers.
p_hannam With a mining and business executive, state of emergency, a scared and hobbled populace, they can do what they want now.
beer_nun p_hannam Sneaky, evil and decrepit behaviour by the NSW gov't. This can't be allowed to occur while we are dealing with this crisis.
p_hannam U dobbers. The left are so boring. Whose gunna pay for the mess we’re in. Report some news
p_hannam GladysB Matt_KeanMP we are still watching and we are not happy
p_hannam You are kidding. NSW Government GladysB risks contaminating Sydney ground water weeks after drought, and catastrophic firestorms. Will this affect the Sydney food bowl GladysB ? Disgraceful action by NSW Government during a Pandemic crisis.
p_hannam I'm shocked. Petitions have at least a 0.003% success rate.
p_hannam This stinking deal and many others will be slid through via Coronamania. Both State and of course Federal with no sitting parliament. Shameful🤬
p_hannam That is insane
p_hannam This is shameful. And just when I was starting to have a positive thought or two about GladysB A move that would make an Obeid swell with pride
p_hannam How much in 'donations' did you receive GladysB for a decision that sells out your state? nswpol corruption mining coal
p_hannam This is totally outrageous!
p_hannam This government totally lacks transparency and honesty and gives the quiet nod to a great deal of projects which the public know nothing about until construction commences.
TheRealPBarry p_hannam WTF ?..
p_hannam GladysB disgrace
p_hannam fuk the libs
deniseshrivell p_hannam Noooooooo!
p_hannam This is going to end in tears.
p_hannam I hope journalists ask her about this next time she has a presser and only wants to talk about COVID-19.
p_hannam SMH... So Sydney’s water supply will be at risk of turning toxic. Can’t see that ever backfiring... Who are these people!!!
p_hannam Morons
p_hannam I wonder if they know the weight of water....
LizDolphinfluff p_hannam Fuckin* creature is a LNP tool. a new study, methane emissions from human activity have been underestimated by 25 to 40 percent. Methane is one of the most potent greenhouse gases, and considered a major contributor to climate change.
p_hannam 🤬🤬
p_hannam Is that why Morrison was so effusive in his praise for NSW in his nightly virus blah blah?
p_hannam This really shows ignorance on two levels. 1 Doing this in the first place. 2 Assuming that everybody is distracted by covid-19. People aren't distracted, but bored by viral overkill. Now turned their attention to other stuff and become political junkies and watch dogs.
p_hannam 👁🗨To make a negligence claim in NSW, you must prove 3 elements: 1 A duty of care existed between you and the person you are claiming was negligent; 2 The other person breached their duty of care owed to you; 3 Damage or injury suffered by you was caused by the breach of the duty.
p_hannam So presumably mining is an essential industry and will continue unabated during corona times auspol
p_hannam Only when we have no water will the LNP hug coal a little less...
p_hannam GladysB DaveSharma this is a terrible decision. Our water is a critical resource
p_hannam Noooooooo. 😢
p_hannam Nice one GladysB get the dirty stuff done while people are looking the other way
p_hannam Of course they did. After record drough undermine water supply
p_hannam Coal politics as usual in the time of Corona.
p_hannam GreensJamieP jennyleong is this true? Can we stop this?
p_hannam Watch out for Glad B-Jerk. She will slip through all sorts of shonky deals while we are distracted with covid. Won’t matter shortly, China will nationalise this Island soon enough.
p_hannam People are stll surprised? The Libs are funded by the coal industry!
p_hannam Always secretly
TheRealPBarry p_hannam Just say 'No!' Got it, Gladys?
TheRealPBarry p_hannam Slowly but surely, Sydney has been killing all that used to be good about it.
TheRealPBarry p_hannam jacintarich 😡
snurb_dot_info p_hannam So when everyone is worried about COVID19Aus coronavirusaus the Liberal-National government silently approved mining under your house. Wonder if any more unit blocks will start cracking again NSWpol auspol
p_hannam It’s the Liberal Way - never waste a good crisis!
p_hannam I think there'll be all sorts of quiet detrimental deals done under cover of this pandemic.
p_hannam so, when it all goes to shit, who will accept responsibility?
p_hannam Serious stupidity. Our most precious resource treated with disdain.
p_hannam God's death and Ours! ABSOLUTELY DISGRACEFUL, ABSOLUTELY SHAMEFUL
p_hannam Dobby’s a crook
p_hannam As stupid and as reckless the co-ordinated FUp of cruise ship and airport Covid-19 imports! Truly unbelievable putting any of NSW water resources under any degree of threat during these unprecedentedly uncertain times is criminal
p_hannam This is appalling. What you can do under the cover of no parliament sitting
p_hannam Put all applications for development on hold.
p_hannam What fantastic leaders we have !!! AUSTRALIAN LEADERS ARE the best in the world. So pure, so untouchable, and FOR the people ! Lets give them all a pay rise just before Christmas !
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