Thank you to all those who played a part in saving a wonderful part of Australia from the devastation of coal mining and in setting a wonderful example to those who are fighting so hard to save Australia from further destruction.

Thank you so much for having the courage to make the right choice by our environment and the common good . Well done for rejecting the Bylong coal mine , finally some good news!

Thankyou for making this very important decision that will protect future generations from the impacts of climate change.

Thank you so much for rejecting the Bylong coal mine! A much needed outcome to protect important agricultural land & our Country and planet from Climate Change!

Thankyou! Common sense has prevailed! Thankyou!

Thank u for all farmers that thy have reject all coals for the valley

Well done in the fight for no coals

Thank you for protecting the ground water of the Bylong Valley area,and preserving the valley for future generations.

A heartfelt thank you for using your political position for the good of the future! Doing the right thing is never the easy thing.

Thank you so much.

Thank you so much.

Good move; I’m actually a capitalist first, not a socialist. But we have to favour renewable energy over non renewable, surely.

Let’s hope this kind of decision extends to any attempts to frack under ground water reserves in Australia.

Thank you so much, for saving this part of Australia for all of us and for the future. I do hope your decision sets a precedant for other commissions and decision makers.

The Independent Planing Competition is bravely going where other states don’t dare. Other states are just caving in to big mining.

I congratulate the NSW government for siding with the people of NSW by disallowing the Bylong coal mine to go ahead. You have given a ray of hope to the majority of Australians who want out beautiful country protected from the degradation this type of mining causes.

Bravo! Thank you for being honest and brave and right and protecting our precious environment. Keep it up! Please!

Thank you for putting people, culture, climate and environment before profit. Thank you for being on the right side of history.

Congratulations on a great decision regarding Bylong. The valley is beautiful and should never have faced despoliation. Further, it is high time to begin the transition from coal as our fuel source. Our planet deserves it.

Thanks for having the courage to choose people over profit. Many thanks.

Our most important resources are clean air, water and environment. Insightful investors putting funds into smart technologies which produce clean water and food. (Netherlands is the second biggest exporter of food in the world after USA despite being such a small country).


The future of investment will be smart energy solutions producing energy where it is used in a zero waste economy. Biodigestors have been installed in farms to produce methane(fracking gas, which can be used to heat water and power generators) and liquid fertilizer from effluent and food waste. These could also be installed in office buildings, hospitals, nursing homes, apartment blocks, etc. Turby wind turbines on the tops of buildings. Wind turbines between lanes on motorways. Designing buildings to be energy efficient and sustainable. These technologies will reduce costly infrastructure and transport miles, not to mention establishment costs.


Thankyou for saving Bylong and making a wise choice for the future of Bylong and Australia.

Thank you for making this important decision!

Thanks for making such a good decision based on sound, intelligent and envionmentally appropriate reason. Your protections will hopefully serve as a model for other similar regions faced with the same threats. Well done.

THANK YOU.. YOU HAVE MADE THE RIGHT DECISION.

Thank you so much!

This is truly incredible news. Well done to all those involved in making such a considered and welcome decision for all Australians. We recently took a road trip through this beautiful valley. We were dismayed by the destruction of the landscape by mining before entering the valley and hoped that it would not extend. Well done!!

Thank you for listening to community members, other advocates including scientists, in making this just and ‘common sense’ decision.

Thank goodness – someone who understands, it about future generations too.

An excellent, long term decision to save the Bylong Valley. Future generations will applaud your wisdom. Congratulations.

Thank you very much rejecting the Bylong mine proposal. You have listened to the views of experts and protected this area for the future. I hope there will be more decisions made such as this in the future.

Thank you for rejecting the proposed coal mine in the beautiful Bylong Valley.It will be a great relief for the local farmers that their farms and precious groundwater will be protected in the future.