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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.Β  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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  • Colin Crosbie
    commented 2019-09-18 16:27:44 +1000
    Three cheers! Finally a smart decision with vision for a healthy future not just short term profits for environment wrecking industry.
  • Penny Pearce
    commented 2019-09-18 16:27:42 +1000
    Thank you very much for saving the Bylong Valley – so important
  • Ann Robinson
    commented 2019-09-18 16:27:36 +1000
    We hope this is the first of many mining application rejections; slowly killing the planet must stop. Thank you NSW for protecting this beautiful area of our wonderful earth.
  • David McMaster
    commented 2019-09-18 16:27:36 +1000
    Thank you for showing leadership in this decision on Bylong Valley
  • Iain Clarke
    commented 2019-09-18 16:27:18 +1000
    Excellent decision. Well done.
  • David Gray
    commented 2019-09-18 16:27:13 +1000
    WEll done at Bylong
  • Bronwyn Mason
    commented 2019-09-18 16:27:06 +1000
    Thank you for your decision not to allow the Bylong coal mine to proceed. Hopefully we will see more judgements like this in the future.
  • Di Field
    commented 2019-09-18 16:26:56 +1000
    Thank you ever so much for caring about our beautiful country , noblest hope other planning commissions take notice and do the right thing
  • Sean Corrigan
    commented 2019-09-18 16:26:34 +1000
  • Jo Vandermark
    commented 2019-09-18 16:26:07 +1000
    Thank you for saving Bylong! I am 81 and living on the other end of the continent, but I have five grandchildren in NSW so I am thanking you on their behalf.
  • harry johnson
    commented 2019-09-18 16:25:58 +1000
    Many, many thanks for rejecting the proposed risky Bylong coal mine. Great news indeed for local residents, including the non-voting flora, fauna and fungi and other vital natural attributes including precious and now scarce water supplies.

    One less new coal mine will be of great long term benefit to our young children still too long to vote in heir future being increasingly threatened by the climate emergency which is occurring on our adult watch.
  • Brian Stevens
    commented 2019-09-18 16:25:51 +1000
    Somewhere, some time there had to be a piece of land that has more value as it stands, than its value as a coal mine.
  • Elizabeth Solling
    commented 2019-09-18 16:25:39 +1000
    My heartfelt Thanks. I am overcome with joy.
  • Caroline Blackett
    commented 2019-09-18 16:25:23 +1000
    Thank you for exercising good judgement and showing leadership over this decision. Choosing long term benefit over short term reward can be challenging for those in power, and it is heartening that on this occasion, a decision to benefit the Australian people for the future has been made
  • Hanna Brandli
    commented 2019-09-18 16:25:18 +1000
    To the Independent Planning Commission


    Thank you for listening to the experts and protecting this incredible area for its rich soils, precious groundwater, and unique heritage values.
  • Louise Cook-Tonkin
    commented 2019-09-18 16:24:34 +1000
    This is a fabulous decision for the environment, well done.
  • Diane Johnstone
    commented 2019-09-18 16:24:19 +1000
    I thank you & Mother Nature thanks you. πŸ™πŸ‘ŒπŸ‘ πŸπŸ¦‹πŸŒ³πŸ¦… D Johnstone
  • Michael Rainbow
    commented 2019-09-18 16:24:03 +1000
    Thank you for a wise and humanitarian decision.
  • Penelope Carnaby
    commented 2019-09-18 16:23:41 +1000
    Congratulations on rejecting the Bylong coal mine and protecting this area for all Australians and for future generations. It heartens me that the almighty doller doesn’t always win
  • Sandy Bradshaw
    commented 2019-09-18 16:23:33 +1000
    Thankyou for rejecting this coal mine, our water is so, so important to this Country, we just can’t risk losing it, thanyou again,
  • Sally Schmidt
    commented 2019-09-18 16:23:32 +1000
    Thank you for saving the Bylong Valley. No new coal mines is good policy.
  • Paola Talbert
    commented 2019-09-18 16:23:19 +1000
    Great news and a great win for the environment!

    Congratulations to all the individuals who worked so hard to make this happen and to the NSW govt for supporting that community and the environment!
  • Diana Corbyn
    commented 2019-09-18 16:23:16 +1000
    You have made the right decision for NSW and Australia. Thank you
  • Clare Power
    commented 2019-09-18 16:23:13 +1000
    Thank you to the IPC for hearing the voices of the farmers, locals, scientists, ecologists, conservationists and regular concerned folk and for holding future generations in mind in making your decision.
  • Carol Cook
    commented 2019-09-18 16:22:56 +1000
    The best news thank you and it’s raining wow
  • Kathryn Harwood
    commented 2019-09-18 16:22:55 +1000
    To the Independent Planning Commission, my many thanks and congratulations on listening to the experts and protecting the Bylong valley from the ravages of coal mining as well as the long term effects of coal mining on the rich soils which can be better utilized by farming and our most precious resource, water, as well as the unique heritage values of the area and the contribution to climate change.
  • Glenn Winters
    commented 2019-09-18 16:22:54 +1000
    Thank you to the IPC – a great decision for the environment.
  • Caroline Pidcock
    commented 2019-09-18 16:22:52 +1000
    Well done you – thank you for your action on your agency. It is people and groups like you that enable the rest of us to know there is a positive future. Thank you :-)
  • Robert Morison
    commented 2019-09-18 16:22:34 +1000
    Thank you for thinking of the future
  • Amala Boumans
    commented 2019-09-18 16:22:27 +1000
    Thanks so much!!