Cheers, sanity prevails at last.

Thanks for reviewing this mine proposal in detail, and refusing it based on the the science and the negative effect on the local area.


Well Done Keep it up

Thank you for deciding correctly agricultural land is precious. Especially in these times.

Thank you to all involved for the wise, well considered decision to reject the Bylong coal project.

Thank you IPC for this magnificent and brave decision to prohibit coal mining in the beautiful Bylong Valley which decision thereby helps to safeguard the future of our environment and this magnificent scenic valley for future generations of Australians. I have visited that valley several times back in the 1980s, on one occasion with my university geology students and taught them about the geology there. I have followed this long fight to save this valley from total environmental and scenic destruction since the very beginning of the threat to mine coal there and had given up hope that it might be saved. Congratulations on this brave and just decision.

i cannot thank you enough for your decision,

you send a new strong message to the world!

thank you for saving the Bylong valley and the environment which so important in providing food and ground water for the Australian people

To areas of consideration applied in order to arrive at the decision reflect the leadership of those involved and I hope provide a framework for that will be used widely. Well done for such a diligent process and the planning determination.

My thanks & that of all our farming communities across NSW for your decision which gives us all hope for the future. You listened to the scientists and other experts, choosing to protect this area well renowned for its rich productive land, fertile soils and precious groundwater at a time when our ability to grow food is becoming a serious concern with climate disruption and there is an urgent need to reduce carbon emissions. Thank you.

Thank you for your decision to save the Bylong valley and act on climate change.

Thank you so much🙏 For being ethical far sighted caring protectors of our Australian environment. You have made a giant step forward in rejecting this coal mine.

Thank you for looking after Country, it’s water, land and trees. We hope this is a symbol of the future.

thank you for your wisdom and vision!

Thanks for saving Bylong!

Thank you for saving Bylong valley and protecting this area for the future. The world does not need another coal mine.

Thank you for saving Bylong

How VERY EXCITING for such a LONG TERM POSITIVE OUTCOME!!!!

Thank You!!!!

Thank you thank you thank you. This is such wonderful news! Thank you for listening to the experts and protecting this incredible area. We do not want or need anymore coal mines. We need to protect our future. Thank you again

A heartfelt thanks for this joyous decision, which put people and land above profit.

This is such a wonderful celebration.

Dear wonderful people of the NSW Independent Planning Commission

Thank you for rejecting the risky Bylong coal mine. Congratulations for listening to the experts and protecting this incredible area for its rich soils, precious groundwater and unique heritage values. This means the historic Tarwyn Park property, the home of Natural Sequence Farming, will not be mined. It is so great that the beautiful Bylong Valley, north-west of Sydney, has been saved from plans to turn it into a massive coal mine! Thank you Thank you Thankyou!!

Thank you for listening to the experts regarding opening up new coal mines in the Bylong Valley. The rich soils and precious groundwater are now protectef

Thank you for showing some common sense is not allowing the Bylong coal mine to proceed. The quality of this pristine land will now be preserved.

Congratulations and thanks for saving such an unique site. I know the area well and it distressed us to think it was going to be destroyed.

Thank you, thank you, thank you. It means so much that this valley has been protected for future generations. It is a beautiful, amazing place. The quality soils can now be used to help feed our growing nation. It makes much more sense. Thank you for the wisdom you have shown in making this decision.

Congratulations on a wonderful decision that will impact Australians for generations to come.

Thank you for listening to the people both on and dependent on a healthy land. We must find new ways to produce wealth from the land, ways that protect it into the future.

Great decision on the Bylong Valley! Well done. And – from my kids – a huge Thank You!

The Commission made a wise decision; a giant leap forward into a better world for our descendants.

I’ll say BYe for a LONG time now, so, from Tassie, thank you for the decision not to allow the desecration of the Bylong valley.

Hope is a wonderfull thing.