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- Anvil Hill Mine Mod 4 (EA Pending) - New Mine Plan - 10x Intensity
- Ridgelands ELA
- Castlerock ALA
- Spur Hill ELA
- Yarrawa ELA (now Ferndale)
- Mt Pleasant Mine
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Other Documents
- Anvil Hill
- Complete NRMA Alternative Fuels Report (2.86MB pdf file)
Complete NRMA Alternative Fuels Report
- Complete NRMA Alternative Fuels Report (2.86MB pdf file)
- Health
- "A Dirty Business" (764kb pdf file)
goes to air on Monday 12th April at 8.30pm on ABC 1. It is repeated on Tuesday 13th April at 11.35 pm. Also on iView. - Camberwell Health Study (571kb pdf file)
Camberwell Health Study - Coal the new asbestos? (6.08MB mp3 file)
Coal the new asbestos? - Farmers end blockade (4.00MB mp3 file)
Farmers end blockade - Miners put own jobs at risk to speak out (80kb pdf file)
Miners put own jobs at risk to speak out - National Pollution Index 2009 (597kb pdf file)
The time is near when the public will need to show displeasure in a big way on the streets. I think it is the way we the public can reclaim ownership of the state from this bunch of crooks and parasites that call themselves a government Graham Brown. - Residents mine health concerns (596kb pdf file)
Residents mine health concerns
- "A Dirty Business" (764kb pdf file)
- NSW Govt
- Camberwell Common seized (615kb pdf file)
Camberwell Common seized - Filthy Govt does BHP bidding to overturn Caroona Decision (616kb pdf file)
Who needs goto the cost of appealing the Court when the political flunky's selling us off will do their bidding - Parliamentary Briefing on Coal (126kb pdf file)
Parliamentary Briefing on Coal
- Camberwell Common seized (615kb pdf file)
- Ridgelands ELA
- BoTai Announcement 100430 (86kb pdf file)
BoTai Announcement 10/04/30of 'recent award'.
- BoTai Announcement 100430 (86kb pdf file)
- Spur Hill ELA
- Spur Hill tender (762kb pdf file)
- Spur Hill tender (762kb pdf file)
- Yarrawa ELA
- Speculator sells to Coalworks PLC (114kb pdf file)
- Speculator sells to Coalworks PLC (114kb pdf file)
- Media Releases
- Formation of Wybong Action Group (162kb pdf file)
Regarding the Formation of The Wybong Action Group - Muswellbrook Shire Air Quality Public Meeting (159kb pdf file)
Muswellbrook Shire Air Quality Public Meeting - Wed 4 Aug 2010 Forum (603kb pdf file)
Wed 4 Aug 2010 Forum
- Formation of Wybong Action Group (162kb pdf file)
- Newsletters
- Newsletter No 4 Dec-Jan 2009 (772kb pdf file)
WAG Newsletter No 4 - Newsletter No1 Aug 2008 (1.21MB pdf file)
Newsletter No1 Aug 2008 - Newsletter No2 Sept 2008 (650kb pdf file)
Newsletter No2 Sept 2008 - Newsletter No3 Oct-Nov 2008 (789kb pdf file)
Newsletter No3 Oct-Nov 2008
- Newsletter No 4 Dec-Jan 2009 (772kb pdf file)
- Movies and Sounds
- Hear XTA Mangoola Ops Manager quote own phone number (614kb wav file)
Hear XTA Mangoola Ops Manager quote own phone number - K.D. Lang sings Leonard Cohens Hallelujah (18.27MB mp4 file)
K.D. Lang sings Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah - K.D._Lang_sings_Leonard_Cohen_s_Hallelujah.mp3 (14.35MB mp3 file)
- Ka Wul (147kb doc file)
An example Program by Ka Wul Resource Centre (Singleton) - Mining or Agriculture - Nikki Williams (9.98MB mp3 file)
- Sounds of The Wybong 1 (219kb wav file)
Hear this ? - Sounds of The Wybong 2 (515kb wav file)
Sounds of The Wybong 2 - Virtual Tour Anvil Hill (4.70MB wmv file)
Virtual Tour Anvil Hill - Virtual Tour Wybong Road (20.84MB wmv file)
Virtual Tour Wybong Road
- Hear XTA Mangoola Ops Manager quote own phone number (614kb wav file)
- Important Court Decisions on our Environment
- CCAG Supreme Court Appeal from Wardens Decision (142kb pdf file)
Brown & Anor v Coal Mines Australia; Alcorn & Anor v Coal Mines Australia Pty Ltd [2010] NSWSC 143 Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - administrative tribunals - judicial review and statutory appeal from administrative authorities to courts - exploration licence holders access to land under Mining Act 1992 - conditions of access arrangement imposed by Mining Warden in review proceedings under Mining Act 1992 - jurisdiction of Warden's Court - jurisdiction of arbitrator - construction of Mining Act 1992 - failure to give statutory notices to landholders - whether more than one access arrangement may be entered between a license holder and landholders - jurisdictional error established - error on face of record - other issues of construction of Mining Act 1992 - conditions to be imposed on access arrangement - construction of s 141(1) of the Mining Act 1992 - failure to give reasons for decision - compensation - errors of law established - right of appeal from Mining Warden's determination under Mining Act 1992 - no statutory right of appeal - decision and determinations of Warden's Court and arbitrator quashed - - ENERGY AND RESOURCES - minerals - courts or tribunals exercising jurisdiction in mining matters Judgment of: Schmidt J Category: Principal judgment - Caroona Coal Decision (2.47MB pdf file)
Transcipt of Mining Wardens Decision Contains Access Agreement - Caroona farmers blockade a historic victory (568kb pdf file)
Caroona farmer's blockade a historic victory - Caroona win (568kb pdf file)
Caroona wins in the Courts - Lansen v Minister for Environment and Heritage [2008] FCAFC 189 (664kb rtf file)
THE LEGALLY IMPORTANT DECISION AGAINST XTA MCARTHUR RIVER MINE - DEFINING THE GROUND IN THE REQUIREMENTS OF ADHERENCE TO LAW IN MINING RELATED CASES. (a) Declares that the approval granted by the First Respondent on 20 October 2006 under s 133 of the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) for the Second Respondent to construct an open cut lead and zinc mine at McArthur River, in the Gulf Country of the Northern Territory, is invalid; (b) Orders that there be granted an order in the nature of certiorari to quash the approval granted by the First Respondent on 20 October 2006 under s 133 of the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) for the Second Respondent to construct an open cut lead and zinc mine at McArthur River, in the Gulf Country of the Northern Territory; (c) Orders that the Second Respondent's application pursuant to s 133 of the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) for approval to take an action to construct an open cut lead and zinc min at McArthur River, in the Gulf Country of the Northern Territory, be remitted to the First Respondent for determination according to law. 3. The Order made on 5 September 2008 that the Appellants pay the First and Second Respondent 25 per cent of their costs of the proceedings, such costs to include the costs of and incidental to the Appellants' Notice of Motion of 29 April 2008, be set aside, and in lieu thereof Order that the First and Second Respondents pay the Appellants' costs of the proceeding. 4. The First and Second Respondents pay the Appellants' costs of the appeal. - Miners Estate Decision: Refused by LEC (235kb pdf file)
Miners Estate Decision - Tuan Au frustrated by the government (568kb pdf file)
Tuan Au, a local doctor, has been so frustrated by the government's inaction in the region that he has begun his own study - Xstrata Tries again for Workers Camp at Sewerage Farm (182kb pdf file)
Despite comprehensively losing its bid to establish a high density transient "Miners Estate" next to Muswellbrook Sewerage Works Xstrata now seek Land and Environment Court approval for the project. Some 20+ objectors are preparing for the challenge to keep this unwanted and illegal development from being thrust on the community.
- CCAG Supreme Court Appeal from Wardens Decision (142kb pdf file)
- Agenda
- Agenda 090215 (149kb pdf file)
Agenda for Ordinary Executive Meeting - George Souris questions Wybong Road closure (550kb pdf file)
Representation made on WAG behalf by George Souris - Letter to MSC re Closure Wybong Rd East (122kb pdf file)
Letter to MSC re Closure Wybong Rd East
- Agenda 090215 (149kb pdf file)
- Members
- Clauses for Consideration in a Land Access Agreement (59kb pdf file)
NSW Farmers Federation Clauses for Consideration in a Land Access Agreement - Developing a Land Access Agreement (243kb pdf file)
NSW Farmers Recommendations for Developing a Land Access Agreement - EDO Advice #1 (305kb pdf file)
Advice on landowner rights - Overview of Mining Access Agreements (203kb pdf file)
NSW Farmers Federation Overview of Mining Access Agreements - Particulate Matter Metering Equipment (568kb pdf file)
Particulate Matter Metering Equipment
- Clauses for Consideration in a Land Access Agreement (59kb pdf file)
- Location Docs
- Map of CastleRock Assessment Lease Area (140kb pdf file)
Map of CastleRock Assessment Lease Area - Map of Ridgelands Coal Exploration Lease Area (909kb jpg file)
Map of Ridgelands Coal Exploration Lease Area - Map of Sydney Gas Exploration Lease Area (PEL4) (346kb bmp file)
Map of Sydney Gas Exploration Lease Area (PEL4)
- Map of CastleRock Assessment Lease Area (140kb pdf file)
- Xstrata
- 17 June 2010 Environment Committee Agenda (112kb pdf file)
17 June 2010 Environment Committee Agenda - CIS 14 July 2010 (536kb jpg file)
CIS 14 July 2010 - Construction Traffic Management Plan (H) (2.67MB pdf file)
Post January Fatality Construction Traffic Management Plan (Version H) - Global News: Xstrata shuts down to avoid KRudds RSPT (56kb pdf file)
Global News: Xstrata shuts down to avoid KRudds RSPT - Greedy Davis 41% salary rise (46kb pdf file)
Greedy Davis 41% salary rise - Mangoola CIS 14 July 2010 Invit (536kb jpg file)
Mangoola CIS 14 July 2010 Invite - Mangoola Coal Construction Traffic Management Plan (G) (1.46MB pdf file)
Mangoola Coal Construction Traffic Management Plan (Revision G) - Mangoola Modification 500kV Transmission Line (2.26MB pdf file)
Mangoola Modification 500kV Transmission Line Community factsheet April 2009 - Mod 4 factsheet 2 (1.64MB pdf file)
Xstrata's continued proposal to relocate the 500kV powerline. - Official Xstrata Feedback Form (1.92MB pdf file)
Official Xstrata Feedback Form
- 17 June 2010 Environment Committee Agenda (112kb pdf file)
- Council
- Briefing Paper 180110 (2.69MB pdf file)
Briefing Paper 180110 - Briefing paper Nov 9 (462kb pdf file)
Briefing paper Nov 9 - Clarification of haulage (36kb pdf file)
Clarification of haulage - Community Forum (22kb pdf file)
Councils opposition to The Spur, Yarrawa & Ridgelands ELA's - Council Claims Review produced AU (699kb jpg file)
Council Claims Review produced AU - AU was the originally disputed design and even that was not constructed - Intersection Review (37kb doc file)
Intersection Review - MSC Objection (829kb pdf file)
- Miners Estate Decision: Refused by LEC (102kb pdf file)
Miners Estate Decision: Refused as "does not require a location close to Muswellbrook". - The Resolution Nov 9 (85kb pdf file)
- Wybong Road East WILL BE CLOSED on completion of the Bengalla Link Road Aug 2006 (61kb pdf file)
Wybong Road East WILL BE CLOSED on completion of the Bengalla Link Road - Statement Made by Council. - Wybong Road East is Non Existant Aug 2006 (82kb pdf file)
Corrupt and irresponsible statements by council - no wonder they wouldn't repair the road after 1996. - Wybong Road East to Remain Open 11 May 2009 (933kb jpg file)
Council commits to Wybong Road East remaining open after Bengalla Link Road is completed. - Wybong Road East to Remain Open 21 Apr 2009 (640kb jpg file)
Council commits to Wybong Road East remaining open after Bengalla Link Road is completed.
- Briefing Paper 180110 (2.69MB pdf file)
- Community Consultation
- CC required 3 June 2009 (13kb pdf file)
Outline of CC required from XTA by Wybong Residents - Email from Wybong Action Group to Xstrata regarding Non-Consultation 17 May 2009 (254kb pdf file)
Secret roadworks disaster - Xstrata directs traffic THROUGH a school bus stop! - More Xstrata Misrepresentation 20 May 2009 (2.28MB pdf file)
More Xstrata Misrepresentation - Submission to Xstrata for Wybong Road Upgrade Public Meeting 17 May 2009 (254kb pdf file)
Supposed to consult but to Xstrata the residents don't count. Typical. We will carry the coffin of the first resident to be killed by Xstrata and lay it at their door. - The Major Wybong Road Upgrade [Bengalla Link Rd to Mangoola Mine Access Road] 22 May 2009 (93kb pdf file)
Further correspondence with Dept of Planning Re Lack of Community Consultation concerning The Major Wybong Road Upgrade [Bengalla Link Rd to Mangoola Mine Access Road] - The Real Facts on Xstratas Community Consultation Lies 22 May 2009 (468kb pdf file)
The Real Facts on Xstrata's Community Consultation Lies - WAG response to XTA letter of 20 May 2009 (468kb pdf file)
WAG response to XTA letter of 20 May 2009 debunking XTA false claims - Western Roads MSC FOI 5 Apr 2009 (2.10MB doc file)
Western Roads MSC FOI - Wybong Rd East Future? 5 Apr 2009 (122kb pdf file)
Request of MSC info on Wybong Rd East Future - Wybong Rd Repair 090506 (610kb jpg file)
Council will finally spend the money allocated 2 years ago and repair Wybong Road at Roxburgh Hill - so they say but will anyone dare hold their breath on this one? - Wybong Road East Roadwork 11 June 2009 (10kb pdf file)
Wybong Road East Roadwork 11 June 2009 - XTA false claims of CC 20 May 2009 (2.28MB pdf file)
XTA false claims of CC 20 May 2009
- CC required 3 June 2009 (13kb pdf file)
- DOP
- Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Management Plan (17.81MB pdf file)
Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Management Plan - Application Mod3 (1.24MB pdf file)
Secret Application for Mod3 - Assessment Report Mod3 (1.72MB pdf file)
Assessment Report Mod3 - Consolidated Project Approval Mod3 (3.93MB pdf file)
Consolidated Project Approval Mod3 - Modification 1 Approval (99kb pdf file)
Ministers approval of mod 1 - Notice of Modification Mod3 (712kb pdf file)
Notice of Modification Mod3 - Oral History Report Anvil Hill (10.03MB pdf file)
Oral History Report Anvil Hill - a contentious and in part highly defamatory Xstrata produced document - Ridgelands Coal ELA (428kb pdf file)
The Expressions of Interest Document for the Ridgelands Coal Exploration Lease Area - Traffic Management Plan Early Works Sept 2008 (10.48MB pdf file)
Traffic Management Plan Early Works Sept 2008 - Transgrid Preliminary EA (28.92MB pdf file)
Transgrid 500kV Powerline Relocation Application, Preliminary EA on behalf of Xstrata Mangoola P/L - mod 1 Main Environmental Assessment (2.70MB pdf file)
mod 1 Main Environmental Assessment - mod 1 append A EA Requirements (262kb pdf file)
mod 1 append A EA Requirements - mod 1 append B Environmental Procedures (416kb pdf file)
mod 1 append B Environmental Procedures - mod 1 append C Traffic Impact Analysis (1.18MB pdf file)
mod 1 append C Traffic Impact Analysis - mod 1 append D Noise impact Assessment (1.52MB pdf file)
mod 1 append D Noise impact Assessment - mod 1 append E Air Quality Assessment (1.44MB pdf file)
mod 1 append E Air Quality Assessment - mod 1 pipeline Main EA (4.58MB pdf file)
mod 1 pipeline Main EA - mod 1 pipeline app 1 EA Form (32kb pdf file)
mod 1 pipeline app 1 EA Form - mod 1 pipeline app 2 Ecological Assessment (3.14MB pdf file)
mod 1 pipeline app 2 Ecological Assessment - mod 1 pipeline app 3 Aboriginal Heritage Assessment (9.00MB pdf file)
mod 1 pipeline app 3 Aboriginal Heritage Assessment - mod 1 pipeline app 4 Historical Heritage Assessment (5.54MB pdf file)
mod 1 pipeline app 4 Historical Heritage Assessment - mod 1 pipeline app 5 Noise Assessment (866kb pdf file)
mod 1 pipeline app 5 Noise Assessment - mod 1 pipeline app 6 Traffic Assessment (2.11MB pdf file)
mod 1 pipeline app 6 Traffic Assessment
- Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Management Plan (17.81MB pdf file)
- Submissions
- 500kv Powerline Relocation Wybong Action Group Submission (2.79MB pdf file)
500kv Powerline Relocation Wybong Action Group Submission - Formal Objection to "Miners Estate" proposal 8 Nov 2008 (2.03MB pdf file)
Formal Objection to "Miners Estate" proposal to house 400 Mangoola workers in hig density on Urban buffer zone 8 Nov 2008 - Independent Road Safety Audit Wybong Rd Upgrade (3.23MB pdf file)
Independent Road Safety Audit Wybong Rd Upgrade - Independent Road Safety Audit Wybong Rd Upgrade incl Addendum (4.91MB pdf file)
Independent Road Safety Audit Wybong Rd Upgrade incl Addendum - Mod 2 Summary (2.65MB pdf file)
Mod 2 Summary - Mod 2 intro (159kb pdf file)
Mod 2 intro - Muswellbrook Traffic Study (1.47MB pdf file)
Muswellbrook Traffic Study - NRMA Alternative Fuels Report (1.80MB pdf file)
NRMA Alternative Fuels Report - Objection to "Miners Estate" proposal 22 March 2008 (71kb pdf file)
Objection to "Miners Estate" proposal to house 400 Mangoola workers in hig density on Urban buffer zone 22 March 2008 - Ridgelands Intersection Preferred (2.00MB pdf file)
- Summary of Objection to "Miners Estate" 10 Nov 2008 (292kb pdf file)
Summary of Objection to "Miners Estate" proposal to house 400 Mangoola workers in hig density on Urban buffer zone 10 Nov 2008 - Wybong - Castlerock - Ridgelands Road Intersections II (Design) (4.68MB pdf file)
Wybong - Castlerock - Ridgelands Road Intersections II - Design - Xstrata Mangoola Coal Construction Traffic Management Plan Wybong Action Group Submission (730kb pdf file)
Xstrata Mangoola Coal Construction Traffic Management Plan WAG Submission
- 500kv Powerline Relocation Wybong Action Group Submission (2.79MB pdf file)
- Scientific Papers
- Camberwell Report (571kb pdf file)
Camberwell Health Report - Death, Disease & Dirty Power (927kb pdf file)
Death, Disease & Dirty Power - Fine Particulates Incapacitate (hospitalise) children (566kb pdf file)
AS MANY as one in 25 children admitted to hospital for asthma may be there as a direct result of inhaled particles from air pollution, - Open Cut Mining & Health (88kb pdf file)
Open Cut Mining & Health by Dr Van Steenis - The Particulate-Related Health Benefits of Reducing Power Plant Emissions (2.20MB pdf file)
The Particulate-Related Health Benefits of Reducing Power Plant Emissions - The effects of Coal Dust and Power Station Emissions (126kb pdf file)
The effects of Coal Dust and Power Station Emissions - Water (564kb pdf file)
Water - Water - Economic discussion (564kb pdf file)
Water - Economic discussion - Shortage - coal-seam-geosequestration-final-report-ERA.pdf (4.03MB pdf file)
coal-seam-geosequestration-final-report-ERA.pdf - see p24 for wybong reference as emminent amongst sites.
- Camberwell Report (571kb pdf file)
- DECCW
- Ecologically Sustainable Development (285kb pdf file)
Ecologically Sustainable Development - Integration Principle (623kb pdf file)
Integration Principle - Intergenerational Equity Principle (49kb pdf file)
Intergenerational Equity Principle - NWC 2806 Water Issues in Jurisdictional Planning for Mining (996kb pdf file)
NWC 2806 Water Issues in Jurisdictional Planning for Mining - Planning for Biodiversity (48kb pdf file)
Planning for Biodiversity - Guide for Farmers - Precuationary Principle (765kb pdf file)
Precuationary Principle - The Rio Declaration (109kb pdf file)
The Rio Declaration - Vertebrate Fauna & Flora of Manobalai Nature Reserve (2.45MB pdf file)
Vertebrate Fauna & Flora of Manobalai Nature Reserve
- Ecologically Sustainable Development (285kb pdf file)
- Politics - NP
- Hon George Souris MLA on Coal Mining (31kb pdf file)
Hon George Souris MLA on Coal Mining - Hon George Souris MLA on Coal Mining II (31kb pdf file)
Hon George Souris MLA on Coal Mining II - Hon George Souris MLA on Tellegra Dam (30kb pdf file)
Hon George Souris MLA on Tellegra Dam - Hon George Souris MLA on Upper Hunter Gas Exploration (30kb pdf file)
Hon George Souris MLA on Upper Hunter Gas Exploration
- Hon George Souris MLA on Coal Mining (31kb pdf file)
- Politics - Greens
- Hon Lee Rhiannon MLC Mining Amendment Bill (203kb pdf file)
Hon Lee Rhiannon MLC Mining Amendment Bill - Hon Lee Rhiannon MLC Mining Amendment Bill Speech (37kb pdf file)
Hon Lee Rhiannon MLC Mining Amendment Bill Speech - Lee Rhiannon calls for coal inquiry (567kb pdf file)
Lee Rhiannon calls for coal inquiry
- Hon Lee Rhiannon MLC Mining Amendment Bill (203kb pdf file)
- Dave Patten Death related
- 8 Jan 2010 MSC Grandstand (36kb pdf file)
8 Jan 2010 MSC Grandstand - 9 Nov 2009 MSC Resolution (85kb pdf file)
9 Nov 2009 MSC Resolution - 9 Nov MSC Road Brief (462kb pdf file)
9 Nov MSC Road Brief - Faulty Oversize Procedure (44kb pdf file)
Faulty Oversize Procedure - Vale Dave Patten video (3.54MB wmv file)
Vale Dave Patten
- 8 Jan 2010 MSC Grandstand (36kb pdf file)
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