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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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  • Meredith Luke
    commented 2019-09-24 10:43:55 +1000
    Thank you for a making a very wise and sane decision to reject a new coal mine. This decision saves precious lands and water, and says no to polluting and carbon emitting coal.

    Many thanks,

    Meredith Luke.
  • Meredith Luke
    commented 2019-09-24 10:43:26 +1000
    Thank you for a making a very wise and sane decision to reject a new coal mine. This decision saves precious lands and water, and says no to polluting and carbon emitting coal.

    Many thanks,

    Meredith Luke.
  • Jocelyn Moen
    commented 2019-09-24 09:56:06 +1000
    Thank you for saving this valley and please keep doing what you can to apply the same priciples to other decisions. Our kids need us to act now.
  • Diane Merta
    commented 2019-09-24 09:06:51 +1000
    thank you
  • Bronwyn Shumack
    commented 2019-09-24 08:30:08 +1000
    Thank you so much for making the right decision on this. Great to see that the wellbeing of the people and planet has been prioritised over short-term profit. Let’s employ people in sustainable energy solutions instead.

    Thanks again
  • Margaret Runfors
    commented 2019-09-24 03:13:53 +1000
    Thank you for maiking the right decision
  • Heather Abramson
    commented 2019-09-23 22:23:56 +1000
    To the Independent Planning Commission and the NSW Government: Thanks for making the right choice for the farmers of Belong Valley, our children and grandchildren and for Australia’s future.
  • Marigold Hayler
    commented 2019-09-23 22:16:09 +1000
    Very well done to the Planning Commission and the NSW government for taking care of the land and the farmers – you are setting a leading example of actually caring for what we have and what is precious. Best wishes to you all, Marigold Hayler
  • Sue Ashmore
    commented 2019-09-23 19:34:39 +1000
    Many thanks. This is a great decision for the future of Australia.
  • Bill Gresham
    commented 2019-09-23 18:10:08 +1000
    Thanks for saving Bylong and hopefully the world.
  • Jane Bolton
    commented 2019-09-23 18:03:13 +1000
    Thank you for all you have had done to protect.
  • Jenniffer Gregory
    commented 2019-09-23 17:18:24 +1000
    I drive thru Bylong couple of times a year, wonderful news that it’s not going to be mined.
  • Ben Andrew Jackson
    commented 2019-09-23 15:54:25 +1000
    Well done on a step in the right direction.
  • Donna Chevell
    commented 2019-09-23 14:18:05 +1000
    Thank you very much for saving Bylong! Wow, now save the others and do not think about starting any more…like everyone else I want a better future for everyone. Put the money towards sustainability, wind farms, dams and all the other good stuff!
  • Griselda Browne
    commented 2019-09-23 14:17:53 +1000
    I am so happy bylong is saved. Very best news

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  • Lynda Chisholm
    commented 2019-09-23 13:39:36 +1000
    Thank you. Now stop the rest in Australia before our farmland and future are destroyed. We need clean energy with the advancement in nuclear energy, the way is forward, not backward.
  • Kay Wilson
    commented 2019-09-23 13:35:36 +1000
    Excellent decision. Following Gloucester, and may any further applications go the same way!!! NSW is NOT going to become a series of linked coal mines, is it? Please hold the line, from now on.
  • tyler ward
    commented 2019-09-23 10:14:46 +1000
    Thank you for not destroying our environment.
  • Elissa Carrey
    commented 2019-09-23 09:41:09 +1000
    I am so pleased by the decision to reject the bylong coal mine
  • Robert Fairall
    commented 2019-09-23 09:23:04 +1000
    Thank you so much for your decision
  • Brendan Shoebridge
    commented 2019-09-23 09:20:46 +1000
    We have real fears for the world our kids are likely to inherit. Thanks for ignoring the greedy vested interests and acting with common sense and decency.

    Yet we need so much more action of this type if we are to pull it back. So for the love of all that is good and precious to you, don’t hesitate – we are rapidly running out of time! Thank you
  • Lyndal Sullivan
    commented 2019-09-23 09:06:37 +1000
    thank you for taking account of the groundwater issues around the Bylong mine proposal and also the courage to go beyond “legally safe” considerations to the long term cumulative impacts
  • helen hannah
    commented 2019-09-23 08:44:44 +1000
    thanks for refusing mining in the Bylong Valley! It means a lot to all Australians that you made the right decision
  • Fi Passmore
    commented 2019-09-23 08:25:26 +1000
    Brilliant! Thank you for truly considering what we need and acting in the best interests of our land and future generations.
  • E Bock
    commented 2019-09-23 08:12:40 +1000
    Stepping up for regulatory and statutory limits to unsustainable resource use is a key part of building a better and safer future for Australians and humanity. Thanks for taking science seriously and securing Tarwyn’s future.
  • Janine Grant
    commented 2019-09-23 07:29:35 +1000
    Thank you from the seven generations to come ❣️
  • Mishael Jay
    commented 2019-09-23 03:53:27 +1000
    Thank you SO much for saving the Bylong Valley. It is heartening that you heeded expert advice and have protected this important area. I am especially delighted that Tarwyn Park will not be mined.
  • Robyn Hearn
    commented 2019-09-23 01:03:09 +1000
    Great work on listening to reason and acting to protect our livelyhoods and those of our future generations to come by protecting our precious environment.

    Our children and our children’s children thank you ☮💟🌞❤💜🧡💛💚💙🌻
  • Nakia Lamir
    commented 2019-09-22 23:56:03 +1000
    It is very heartening to hear that the planning Commission has rejected the Bylong Coal Mine. Thank you for listening to the concerns of the local people and caring for country.
  • Karen Krispyn
    commented 2019-09-22 23:12:19 +1000
    Thank god for common sense finally some good news