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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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  • Kylie Gillespie
    commented 2019-09-18 16:32:45 +1000
    Thank you for saving the Bylong Valley from being turned into a coal mine! Future Australians will now enjoy its beauty and important ecosystem.

    Thank you for listening to Australians and what they want.

    Congratulations on standing apart from the usual government bodies who seem to be acting for the corporations instead of the people.
  • Gabi Smalley
    commented 2019-09-18 16:32:34 +1000
    Bravo to the IPC and the NSW Government for rejecting the Bylong coal mine. You had a magnificent opportunity to do the right thing and you did. Your grandchildren and mine will thank you.
  • Linda Brooks
    commented 2019-09-18 16:32:31 +1000
    Thank-you so much for this wonderful news. Coal is NOT clean fuel, this result

    will protect these beautiful parts of NSW. Thank-you NSW Government and all involved. Warm regards, Linda Brooks
  • Wendy Murdoch
    commented 2019-09-18 16:32:21 +1000
    Thank you for saving this richly diverse valley , and it’s waters and soil.
  • Bill Mckay
    commented 2019-09-18 16:32:18 +1000
    thankyou,for listening and acting responsibly to guard our heritage and future generations.
  • Mary Choate
    commented 2019-09-18 16:32:17 +1000
    Thanks for the Independent Planning Commission and the NSW Government regarding the Bylong.
  • Yvonne Wedgwood
    commented 2019-09-18 16:32:16 +1000
    Thanks very much for listening to the people who care about our environment by not allowing the Bylong coal mine to operate.
  • Catherine Tauss
    commented 2019-09-18 16:32:13 +1000
    Thanks you from the bottom of my heart for this wise evidence based decision. We cant afford to lose more prime farming areas when water and food security is becoming more precarious. Bless you for this life affirming, rational decision.
  • Dawn Hourn
    commented 2019-09-18 16:32:01 +1000
    Thank you so very, very much to all involved in protecting the Bylong Valley by stopping the coal mine.

    You give us hope for a clean and healthy environment to share in the future, with our animal and plant life too.
  • Brent Calcutt
    commented 2019-09-18 16:31:55 +1000
    Thanks for putting people, community and a positive future ahead of corporate wealth !
  • Jim Brunton
    commented 2019-09-18 16:31:53 +1000
    The whole world applauds yor decision.
  • Wendy Baker
    commented 2019-09-18 16:31:06 +1000
    Thank you for rejecting the Bylong coal mine.
  • Rhonda Cheesman
    commented 2019-09-18 16:31:06 +1000
    Thank you, thank you from my children, and my children’s children. Thank you for putting our ecological values higher than corporate greed…
  • Gavin Imhof
    commented 2019-09-18 16:30:51 +1000
    Thanks for showing some common sense over a Coal Mining project.
  • Francis Gilfedder
    commented 2019-09-18 16:30:50 +1000
    Thank you so much ladies and gentlemen, for your very profound step in the right direction, you have set a fine example
  • Chris Hogg
    commented 2019-09-18 16:29:58 +1000
    Thank you for saving the irreplaceable Bylong Valley. Good sense prevailed in the end.
  • Phil Scott
    commented 2019-09-18 16:29:52 +1000
    I applaud the Commission for their thoughtful, well considered and environmentally responsible decision to prevent coal mining in the Bylong Valley. There was far too much to lose. Thank you.
  • Bernie Edwards
    commented 2019-09-18 16:29:38 +1000
    Your decision released today regarding mining in the Bylong Valley displays both great foresight and a wisdom that few institutions have managed to cultivate within themselves. Thank you.
  • Laureen Ward
    commented 2019-09-18 16:29:10 +1000
    Thank you so much for making the right decision for our future.
  • Kaz Newman
    commented 2019-09-18 16:29:03 +1000
    Thank you for saving bylong from the mine! What an incredible outcome. Thank you for all your work.
  • Christine Coates
    commented 2019-09-18 16:29:02 +1000
    Dear Commission. How wonderful you have taken this decision, that the advice from experts has been heeded. The environment – soils, water, landscapes, the Bylong has been saved. Thank you.
  • Joanne Wicks
    commented 2019-09-18 16:28:59 +1000
    Thank you for rejecting this coal mine. Let’s hope the community can rest now & the area can remain a no go for mines.
  • John Hadfield
    commented 2019-09-18 16:28:58 +1000
    Thanks. We don’t need any more coal mines, especially in pristine areas. And concern for groundwater is so important
  • bruce whiddon
    commented 2019-09-18 16:28:35 +1000
    I must congratulate the independent planning commission and the NSW Government for listening to the people and the experts and stopping this mine which would have affected this pristine valley. Lets keep this up and not allow any developments/mines to go ahead in NSW at all.
  • Liz Glab
    commented 2019-09-18 16:28:33 +1000
    Thank you so much. You have made an invaluable contribution to the local community, and to life on this planet
  • Anne Brown
    commented 2019-09-18 16:28:30 +1000
    Thank you for this wonderful decision It gives us hope for the future
  • Laurie Lawrence
    commented 2019-09-18 16:28:26 +1000
    It is so encouraging to have a decision that considers the future over short term gain; and to recognise the issue of climate change
  • Roslyn Gillies
    commented 2019-09-18 16:28:08 +1000
    A win for common sense & the future of our children, grandchildren and all Australians who care about our role as custodians of our lands. My personal thanks to the Commission for listening to the experts and the “little people” who live on, and farm, our Australian soils. One less contributor to climate change and its horrifying consequences!

    Dr Roslyn Gillies

    Pennant Hills NSW
  • Lidia Nemitschenko
    commented 2019-09-18 16:28:05 +1000
    Heartfelt thanks and congratulations. Your decision to protect the Bylong Valley is a gift to future generations and to our planet.
  • Richard Robertson
    commented 2019-09-18 16:27:48 +1000
    Thank you, this is both a win for the environment and common sense. Well done!