Petition to save the heritage Wallaby Scrub Road in the Hunter Valley from Open Cut Mining

We the undersigned demand the Premier of NSW Mike Baird and his Roads Minister Duncan Gay refuse to close Bulga's Wallaby Scrub Road to allow Warkworth Mining Limited (Rio Tinto) to destroy our convict built heritage road for open cut coal mining.

The owner of the road, Singleton Council, has reaffirmed its objection to the closure of Wallaby Scrub Road by voting against the closure at their recent meeting. Council is supporting the Bulga community, and we call on the Baird Government to do the same.

Baird's State Government has ignored the Land and Environment Court and the Supreme Court and abandoned the people of Bulga and Milbrodale in the Hunter Valley. The Commonwealth Government has worked hand in glove with the NSW Government to allow the destruction of world unique woodlands and aboriginal culture and history.

Wallaby Scrub Road is a heritage road built by the convicts and must be preserved as part of our European heritage. We must not allow a profit driven international mining company to destroy our heritage against wishes of the community and to mine a product which is destroying our planet.

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Mal Hamilton signed 2016-12-20 19:01:06 +1100

The continued use of fossil fuels adds to catastrophic global warming leading to dire consequences for the whole world. It will also make it difficult if not impossible for Australia to honour its commitments to the Paris Accord to keep global warming at or below 2 degrees centigrade. The burning of coal adds to air and water pollution, loss of habitat, loss of biodiversity, loss of residential and farming land, and kills thousands of people every year through air pollution. The revenue generated through royalties and tax is paltry compared to the aforementioned irredeemable and irremediable losses to our people, our planet and our future. Keep it in the ground Mr Baird, and invest in the rich rewards of renewable energy, for all our sakes.
Marina Varda signed 2016-12-20 18:18:52 +1100
Nigel Rice signed 2016-12-20 17:48:26 +1100

We must not allow ANY NEW or expanded fossil fuel projects ANYWHERE in Australia
Mark Flanagan signed 2016-12-20 12:51:54 +1100

Mark Flanagan
Margaret Bluett signed 2016-12-20 12:45:26 +1100

This is public property. How dare Rio Tinto make a grab for it. As well, we should be phasing coal out, NOT expanding it!
Helen Kvelde signed 2016-12-20 12:30:24 +1100

Why is an international mining company allowed to destroy part of our national heritage for profit which won’t even benefit us
Susan Bower signed 2016-12-04 11:35:36 +1100
Ferdinando Cosentino signed 2016-10-20 09:15:50 +1100
Jahn Caukwell signed 2016-10-08 16:06:23 +1100

My pops farm is at wallaby scrub road and I’d hate to see it destroyed I’d love to one day be able to buy that farm that we have so many good memories at!
Stephen Ballantine signed 2016-09-18 13:34:36 +1000

STEPHEN BALLANTINE
Emma Williams signed 2016-09-17 20:27:37 +1000

This road is a vital resource for travel. To eliminate this road, would be eliminating Bulga, as well as jerrys plains.. Businesses would suffer and so would residents that would have to uproot their entire lively hood..
Trevor Jordan signed 2016-09-13 15:08:45 +1000

a useful road for avoiding mainstream traffic and cutting travel time between Broke and Denman
Carlos Arroyo signed via Linda Spencer 2016-09-12 17:18:23 +1000
Linda Spencer signed via Craig Cross 2016-09-12 08:35:10 +1000
Craig Cross signed 2016-09-11 20:27:28 +1000

We go this way all the time when traveling north up the New England and out to Bylong which another mine is going to stuff it would be a shame to close it. We went past you guys bike riding this afternoon but couldn’t stop so we made it our mission to sign this partition cheers for your efforts.
Bronwyn Cooper signed 2016-09-11 20:19:22 +1000
Peter Fredericks signed 2016-09-11 20:08:47 +1000

Stop mining destruction of our valuable Hunter Valley farm land and road network that serves our whole community
Philip James signed 2016-09-11 18:43:19 +1000

This road is a vital link and widely used. It should be preserved for the greater community
James Nutt signed 2016-09-09 09:46:37 +1000
Gregory Bosler signed 2016-09-08 20:24:11 +1000

We use Wallaby Scrub Road regularly to travel from Tamworth to Sydney via a stop in the Hunter Valley wineries area and love the convenience, peace and quiet, and beautiful scenery along this route.
Les Houghton signed 2016-09-07 18:09:03 +1000

Use this road on a regular basis for travel between Tamworth & Sydney to break the continual highway run, would be outrageous to loose public access.
Jane Margarets signed via Stephanie Richards 2016-09-06 22:48:21 +1000

jane margarets
Phillippa Dimakis signed via Stephanie Richards 2016-09-06 16:52:18 +1000
Philippa Murray signed via Stephanie Richards 2016-09-06 11:24:15 +1000

Sacrilege. Where will this end?
Stephanie Richards posted about this on Facebook 2016-09-06 08:43:23 +1000
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Ronald Henderson signed 2016-09-05 20:04:09 +1000
Bobby Rosales signed 2016-09-05 19:00:47 +1000
Michael Shea signed 2016-09-05 16:18:09 +1000

Wallaby Scrub Road is one of the few remaining examples of central Hunter Valley floor dry ironbark woodland remnants. It contains an undescribed species of land snail that may be endemic to the Hunter Valley.
Aaron Hayes signed 2016-09-04 20:12:59 +1000
Tracie blackburn signed 2016-09-02 18:50:43 +1000