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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Michael Owens commented 2019-09-18 15:48:44 +1000

Thank you for thinking to the future and the world our kids will inherit.
Penelope Milson commented 2019-09-18 15:48:42 +1000

Dear Independent Planning Commission & NSW Government, Thank you for the bottom of my heart for giving our land, water, environment and nature priority over a foreign owned mine. We are enduring heartbreak through this drought and this is much needed good news. Thank you ! Penny, Tamworth
Russell Park-Miller commented 2019-09-18 15:48:40 +1000

I offer thanks to all concerned with this monumental victory for common sense. Future generations will now be able to know and enjoy the natural beauty of the Bylong Valley.
Mike Purtell commented 2019-09-18 15:48:30 +1000

I wish to sincerely thank the Independent Planning Commission for refusing to approve the Bylong Coal Mine -we need to urgently move to a low carbon economy asap -thanks again
Ben Johansen commented 2019-09-18 15:48:22 +1000

Blessings and thank you Australia
Marita McGuirk commented 2019-09-18 15:47:58 +1000

I am writing to say how pleased I am that this coal mine will not go ahead . In a time where it seems that politicians won’t listen to voters this is a great outcome . Thankyou
Patricia McCalden commented 2019-09-18 15:47:57 +1000

Thank you for a wise decision. We are, and future generations will be, grateful that the Bylong has been protected from coal mining.
Alan Oliver commented 2019-09-18 15:47:37 +1000

Thanks to all involved in reaching this significant decision.
Susan Ambler commented 2019-09-18 15:47:35 +1000

Thank you for preserving this important area for water and farming and heritage and the future.
Don Ashton commented 2019-09-18 15:47:33 +1000

A great decision. Australia wants NO MORE coal mines, and to stop this proposed huge mine is a wonderful achievement for all involved.

It is a terrble shame that Adani’s mine seems to be going ahead in Queensland, whose Government is obviously not really serious in the great chllenge of Climate Change
Jeanne de Sales commented 2019-09-18 15:47:28 +1000

Thank you for putting our environment before the almighty dollar
Michael West commented 2019-09-18 15:47:27 +1000

Thanks for saving the Bylong Valley
Alan Hayward commented 2019-09-18 15:47:18 +1000

A brave but just decision! Thank you.
Eileen MacManus commented 2019-09-18 15:47:14 +1000

Thank you for putting the planet before profit!
Margaret Bradstock commented 2019-09-18 15:46:49 +1000

Thanks. This is a wonderful, positive outcome.
Alanah Jeffries commented 2019-09-18 15:46:42 +1000

Thanks for doing the right thing for us now, and the future generations of this country
Tammy Fleming commented 2019-09-18 15:46:33 +1000

Thank you for your decision to prevent the proposed mining of the Bylong Valley. It encourages a feeling of hope that our parliamentary and statutory bodies accept the science of climate change; can listen to the wishes of a local community; have acknowledged the importance of regenerative agriculture as developed at Tarwyn Park; and perhaps most importantly, have given due recognition to the value of critical groundwater systems. Just brilliant.
Bernadette Evans commented 2019-09-18 15:46:14 +1000

Thank you for responding courageously and appropriately to the reality we find ourselves in
Jacqueline Glyde commented 2019-09-18 15:46:10 +1000
Vivienne Duncan commented 2019-09-18 15:46:09 +1000

Congratulations. So very glad to hear about the saving of the Bylong Valley from Coal Seam Gassing
Pam Massey commented 2019-09-18 15:46:03 +1000

Hooray! Someone in power is using common sense! I hope it is contagious! 👍
Greg Kilgour commented 2019-09-18 15:45:59 +1000

Congratulations on your decision to halt the development of the risky Bylong coal mine, finally common sense has prevailed.
Sue Lindsay commented 2019-09-18 15:45:42 +1000

Great news that a coal mine at Bylong has been rejected
Irena Boydell commented 2019-09-18 15:45:32 +1000

What a wonderful outcome for the communities in Bylong Valley!

Thank you for taking on board the expert opinions and the wishes of locals.
Anthony Tucker commented 2019-09-18 15:45:27 +1000

Well done planning commission , it’s wonderful to see there are at last elements in the various governments that are not scientifically illeterate and can plan intelligently and purposefully for the future, especially in areas with significant policy complexity.
Kym Ponting commented 2019-09-18 15:45:15 +1000

Thank you for your time, persistence of the importance and fragility of our one ecosystem,island continent and being the 2nd driest in the world… we need leaders like you top down…
Patricia Dowling commented 2019-09-18 15:45:09 +1000

Congratulations to all who acted to reject the Bylong coal mine. Our country has unique flora and fauna which is becoming endangered and damaged so a huge thank you for protecting this land from mining.
Justine Webse commented 2019-09-18 15:44:55 +1000

Brilliant news! A ray of hope that sense is prevailing regarding protection of our environment and our economy.
Jennifer Knop commented 2019-09-18 15:44:44 +1000

You’ve done the right thing. Thank you, just thank you. Simple but very, very heartfelt.
John Hayes commented 2019-09-18 15:44:35 +1000

On behalf of my 9 g/kids all aged under 9 – and who don’t have their own political voice, thanks IPC for your decision to protect the Bylong Valley from Coal Mining. Wonderful for Bylong and for the Planet.