What a wise and thoroughly well-considered and consulted result! I thank you for this almost unhoped-for decision to let the Bylong Valley live on. And as a grandmother, I thank you for giving me hope in sanity coming to our approvals process, so that in future there may be more balance… and less global warming.

A wise decision to support the future of agriculture. Farmers also deserve consideration in the economy – thank you

Thank you so much for valuing the heritage, groundwater and natural beauty of Bylong Valley above a coal mine! This is an enormous win for future generations of Australians! (You can’t also have a word to the Qld Government regarding the Adani mine, can you?)

Thank you so much for caring about present and future generations in protecting this incredible area.

Re: Bylong Valley. Love your work, kids. Keep it up. Thanks!

Kind regards,

Graham Murray

Thankyou

It gives the Aussie battler hope for the future.

Thank you on behalf of my kids and (hopefully) their kids too. This gives us hope

Thank you so much, you are giving us hope for the future!

Thank you for the courageous decision made regarding the. Lying Valley. It is one of the most beautiful places in Australia…?thank you for keeping it safe!

What an awesome, and sensible decision to have been made. What a beautiful part of Australia. Thank God for wisdom in some quarters of Government, and congrats to the Independent Planning Commission for maintaining their integrity and rejecting the Bylong coal mine! And well done to the people who have stood against corporate greed and vandalism, presenting the views of the people, in such a capable manner. Farms – like Tarwyn Park, which is unique, and progressive in its processes – are needed, for other farming organisations to follow their lead into the future.


One can now only hope someone with half a brain, makes a similar decision to save the iconic, world heritage rated Great Australian Bight, from the destruction planned by Big Oil, who want to drill and frack into the ocean along our pristine southern coastline - the Bonney upwelling from the Antarctica brings fresh water and fresh food, which draws ocean life from tiny crustaceans, to Southern Right Whales and huge Blue Whales, and amazing birdlife, in fact life and nature in all its beauty. Anyone who has an eye for saving this coastline now needs to focus their attention there, before it ends up looking like the beaches around the gulf of Mexico, littered with toxic oil and dead creatures, after the Deepwater Horizon spill – 9 years later, crabs are still covered in parasites, shells going black, and mutations such as missing limbs are common; save the Great Aust Bight before the loss of income occurs, for all the industries which make a living from tourism and fishing and other activities along southern coasts. Australians in small towns and big cities do have the power to vote, and should be using it to vote and lobby against such a loss of our children’s future opportunities.

THERE IS NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT THAN PRESERVING PRECIOUS GROUND WATER APART FROM CLEAN FRESH AIR TO BREATHE. PROTECTING OUR FEW GOOD FARMING ARABLE SOIL AREAS LIKE THE BYLONG FROM OPEN CUT MINING WAS LONG OVERDUE. CONGRATULATIONS. CLELIA

Pleased to be able to say thanks to a government department for listening to the public and allowing this area to be saved

Thank you for this wonderful outcome! What extraordinary foresight you have demonstrated!

It is a great relief that the Bylong Valley will be saved from mining. The important resources there will be kept for more useful purposes. Thank you

THANKS AND CONGRATULATIONS

THIS IS A REALLY WISE DECISION — I HAD BEGUN TO THINK THAT THE DECKS WERE STACKED AGAINST PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT. I HOPE I HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE TO THINK AGAIN SOON!

Dear Independent Planning Commission, It is a great relief to see that the Bylong Valley has been saved from being an unliveable hell, spared from unacceptable health and environmental impacts. We have a limited carbon budget and leaving the coal in the ground in the Bylong Valley is a great outcome for those of us who worry about the impacts of climate change on the future earth and its inhabitants – human and otherwise.

Thank you,

Is there hope for the future?

Thank you for rejecting the Bylong coal mine. We are grateful that you listened to the experts and are protecting this unique and valuable area

Well, I am very pleased that our environment is more important than

a dirty fossil industry.

Thank you for protecting the Tarwyn Park property from being mined!!!!

Thank you so much for saving this valley from the threat of mining. We need out agricultural land. It’s good to see a body with some commonsense in all this mining madness.

This restores faith in our processes and shows that the developers can’t always win. Great!

thanks for t he good news. It is quite a change from so many of bad government decisions. Governments ought to know what’s best for the country’s future. Good people on the ground should not have to constantly spend their energy and money to teach governments right from wrong…

Thanks for saving the groundwater, soils and heritage of the beautiful Bylong valley and stopping yet another unwanted coalmine.

What a heartening decision. Thanks for considering this application on so many levels. Congratulations.

Well done great work by all concerned. keep up the great work

Great news about Bylong! Good on Lock the Gate, all residents and other campaigners and the IPC. No thanks to the NSW Govt. Now get the feral horses out of the Snowy, and rein in John Barilaro with his nonsensical campaign for more dams (having a dam in place does not cause rain to fall upstream). And drop the ‘raise Warragamba’ proposal, which will destroy natural and human heritage items.

Thank you for your decision on not coal mining the Bylong Valley. Your decision will be appreciated for many generations to follow, Thanks again Bruce Wallace