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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.

Who's signing
Sherleye and Des Black
Stuart Andrews
Derek Finter
Diane O'Mara
Janelle Coleman
Anne Daw
Kathleen Serini
Chris Neville
George Kushnir
Sarah Johnstone
Chris Jonkers
Sharyn Munro
Marianne Johnson
Graeme Gibson
Faith Harris
Fiona Clark
Ana Teixeira
Dawn Garrett
Kim Bergin
Daniel Wess
Clive Barker

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  • Sherleye and Des Black
    signed via 2016-08-07 02:58:40 +1000
  • Stuart Andrews
    signed via 2016-08-06 20:40:29 +1000
  • Derek Finter
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  • Derek Finter
    signed via 2016-08-06 09:44:09 +1000
  • Diane O'Mara
    posted about this on Facebook 2016-08-06 07:15:42 +1000
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  • Diane O'Mara
    signed via 2016-08-06 07:15:21 +1000
    The Federal and NSW State Governments have gone against decisions of the Land and Environment Court and the Supreme Court in granting Warkworth Mining Limited (Rio Tinto) permission to destroy the village of Bulga. Now the mining company is being allowed to destroy Wallaby Scrub Road, a heritage road built by convicts, This is part of our European heritage, can never be replaced or repaired, and should not become part of an open cut mine. It is also beyond time we stopped all new coal approvals and extensions, as climate change wreaks global havoc and climate scientists tell us that effects of global warming are happening faster than predicted, NO NEW COAL!
  • Janelle Coleman
    signed via 2016-08-06 06:12:56 +1000
    Enough! No more pointless destruction.
  • Anne Daw
    posted about this on Facebook 2016-08-06 00:30:38 +1000
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  • Anne Daw
    @AnneDaw2 tweeted link to this page. 2016-08-06 00:30:34 +1000
    Sign the petition: Petition to save the heritage Wallaby Scrub Road in the Hunter Valley from Open Cut Mining http://www.lockthegate.org.au/petition_wallaby_scrub_road?recruiter_id=25486
  • Anne Daw
    signed via 2016-08-06 00:30:06 +1000
  • Kathleen Serini
    signed via 2016-08-05 19:26:39 +1000
  • Chris Neville
    signed via 2016-08-05 18:15:16 +1000
  • George Kushnir
    signed via 2016-08-05 17:33:42 +1000
  • Sarah Johnstone
    signed via 2016-08-05 17:12:34 +1000
  • Chris Jonkers
    signed via 2016-08-05 17:00:50 +1000
  • Darren Baguley
    @DarrenB111 tweeted link to this page. 2016-08-05 16:58:48 +1000
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  • Sharyn Munro
    posted about this on Facebook 2016-08-05 16:41:08 +1000
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  • Sharyn Munro
    signed 2016-08-05 16:40:48 +1000
    A public road is NOT for facilitating private business.
  • Marianne Johnson
    signed 2016-08-05 15:44:58 +1000
    it’s simple algebra….

    Resource + Greed = Corruption

    Greed = Corruption – Resource
  • Graeme Gibson
    signed 2016-08-05 11:31:08 +1000
    Coal royalties are no excuse for the destruction of our fragile environment and danger to our water supplies.
  • Faith Harris
    signed 2016-08-03 16:14:03 +1000
  • Fiona Clark
    posted about this on Facebook 2016-08-03 09:21:48 +1000
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  • Fiona Clark
    signed 2016-08-03 09:20:36 +1000
  • Ana Teixeira
    signed 2016-08-03 08:44:55 +1000
    Stop the destruction
  • Dawn Garrett
    signed 2016-08-03 08:22:27 +1000
  • Kim Bergin
    signed 2016-08-03 07:41:24 +1000
    It is absolutely disgusting what the Governments and Mining companies are doing to our beautiful country and to the people who reside in these lovely places and who just want to live in peace without the bully-boy tactics that the NSW Government is applying to these areas. Whose side are they on? Just money grabbing without any thought to are heritage and future in this country. Shame on you the Baird Government – hang your heads in shame. You politicians are put into Government to do the will of the people not to feather your own nests. Shame on you these mining companies riding roughshod over these decent people who just want to protect the place they live and love. Leave them alone!
  • Daniel Wess
    signed 2016-08-03 07:25:39 +1000
    This is unbelievable. Cultural genocide.
  • Clive Barker
    signed 2016-08-02 18:49:24 +1000
    It is disgusting beyond believe the destruction wrought by these mines and inconceivable that more is even considered
  • Callista Barritt
    posted about this on Facebook 2016-08-02 16:04:29 +1000
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  • Callista Barritt
    @CallistaBarritt tweeted link to this page. 2016-08-02 16:04:26 +1000
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