Thanks for saving Bylong!

Please write a very short message, in your own words, to the Independent Planning Commission and the NSW Government for rejecting the risky Bylong coal mine. Congratulate them 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.

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Susan Brown commented 2019-09-19 15:31:16 +1000

Thank you very much for seeing the precious attributes of this area and rejecting the Bylong coal mine.
Alesoun Marsden commented 2019-09-19 15:31:01 +1000

Thank you so much for your decision regarding the Bylong Valley. Tears of joy and relief! You chose life over a polluting coal mine that was poised to destroy productive agricultural land, ground water and heritage. Thank you for Hope that our grandchildren will have a future.
Julie Pratt commented 2019-09-19 15:30:50 +1000

Thankyou for saving the Bylong Valley. It was a brave decision to stop the mine and protect this beautiful farmland environment for future generations.
Andrea McGowan commented 2019-09-19 15:29:19 +1000
Richard Leplastrier commented 2019-09-19 15:25:30 +1000

Dear Nsw Govt and Rob Stokes in particular and the IPC thank you thank you from the bottom of our hearts Karen Richard Aero Mallee and Ek , Lovett Bay , NSW
Graeme Parsons commented 2019-09-19 15:24:43 +1000

Thank you to the Independent Commission for having the wisdom to put intergenerational equity and climate change ahead of yet another grubby coal mine.
Meryncallander Callander commented 2019-09-19 15:24:42 +1000

Thank you SO much for protecting Bylong! That is brilliant!!!!
Linda Carroll commented 2019-09-19 15:24:36 +1000

Thank you for your courage and foresight in saving this unique and important region.
Leonard Griffiths commented 2019-09-19 15:24:15 +1000

Thank you
Helen Bryan commented 2019-09-19 15:20:20 +1000

thank you so much for saving the Bylong Valley. Wise decision in so many ways.
Geoffrey Bricknell commented 2019-09-19 15:19:11 +1000

At last… a sane result.

The real question is ‘why is this an isolated event?’

Our political system currently is bought and owned by destructive major corporations hell bent on raping our natural environment for profit.

Lots of zeros in an account… criminally insane behaviour.

Splendid result !!!
Georgie Huxtable commented 2019-09-19 15:19:08 +1000

Thank you for rejecting the Bylong valley mine. At last we are seeing, with this decision and rejection of the Rocky Hill Mine, positive action against climate change. Thank you for saving this beautiful valley and the rich farming land so precious in Australia. This has given me more hope than I hope felt for a long time. Thank you for acting for the future and on behalf of life on earth.
Ingrid Strewe commented 2019-09-19 15:17:31 +1000

Dear Commissioners,

A progressive decision and for the little children perhaps also a future. If we keep this up we may once again be able to stand proudly on the world stage. Thank you, we were beginning to despair.
Helen Daniels commented 2019-09-19 15:17:28 +1000

thank you to independent planning commision/NSW govt for rejecting the Bylong coal mine .Your foresight and responsibility should set a precedent to other state Govts that coal mines donot work and big companies cannot intimidate people who have the last say
Murray Armstrong commented 2019-09-19 15:17:28 +1000

You have listened to the evidence and made a wise decision for future generations of Australians. Thank you!
Peter Dowson commented 2019-09-19 15:15:39 +1000

On behalf of the people, animals and landscape of beautiful Bylong Valley, thank you for showing grace under pressure to deliver a positive outcome. Future generations will reflect kindly on this decision.
Rod Jamieson commented 2019-09-19 15:11:49 +1000

Well done. Thank you for a good decision made for good reasons.
Marguerite Winter commented 2019-09-19 15:11:01 +1000

Thanks for sparing the beautiful Bywong and the importance work of NSF at Tarwyn Park.
Girts Ozols commented 2019-09-19 15:10:24 +1000

Thank you Planning Commission, its a win for the environment we see too little of! We need more such good news!
Edward Hartley commented 2019-09-19 15:10:08 +1000

A very big thank you for understanding and appreciating the value of a unique place that will be here to future generations of Australians, you have heard the voice of all Australians
Jackie Henrion commented 2019-09-19 15:07:50 +1000

Thanks for saving the Bylong region from the rigours of coal mining !
Prospero Aplet commented 2019-09-19 15:07:37 +1000

Thank-you for caring enough and having the courage to stand for the peoples choice regarding the Bylong! it matters to me and many more.
Ross Roache commented 2019-09-19 15:05:29 +1000

Thank you—a million times. Your important decision gives cause for hope, and impetus for change away from the callous, brutish and rapacious ‘profit at any cost’ dictum which is the foundation of “free market economics” (sic).

And, more than anything else, your exhilarating decision has saved one more little piece of our inconceivably beautiful and extraordinary planet. For all who come after us. They’ll remember you with gratitude and pride.
Peter Mort commented 2019-09-19 15:04:13 +1000

Thanks Commissioners for this heroic step in protecting the long-term future of this iconic valley including Tarwyn Park. We have to start seriously facing down this industry that would bulldoze all in its path. Three cheers for sanity!
Kat Brown commented 2019-09-19 15:00:26 +1000

Thank You for representing us and our concerns about the mine. We are so very grateful that the valley will be preserved for us and future generations.
Rob Eldridge commented 2019-09-19 14:59:07 +1000

Thank you for making such a sensible, logical and in your own words, “intergenerational” decision. Congratulations.
Paula Masselos commented 2019-09-19 14:59:02 +1000

thank you for saving the beautiful Belong Valley by rejecting Belong coal mine. I am grateful that the IPC has taken a rational and informed decision that has been based on science and expert opinion and that will protect this highly sensitive and important area for our children and their children’s future. I look forward to the IPC making similarly informed decisions on other similar projects in the future. Again, thank you.
Gordon Garradd commented 2019-09-19 14:58:52 +1000

Thank you IPC, for a sensible decision in stopping the destruction of the Bylong Valley by coal mining. Coal is the fuel of the 19th and 20th century, it is time to move on to renewables.
D Williamson commented 2019-09-19 14:57:58 +1000

Dear Commissioners, Future generations will thank you for showing prescience and judgement which is sadly lacking in our political class in this country. You have restored my faith in the independence of the judiciary.

Yours in thanks,

Doug Williamson
john smith commented 2019-09-19 14:55:13 +1000

Congratulations on your decision to protect this area.