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NEXT WAM Meeting Monday 19 July - 7:30pm - Resource Centre Wedderburn
5 July 2010
MACARTHUR HERITAGE LECTURE SERIES
2010
Rather than a lecture, this time we are holding an Information Night on BHP's Bulli Seam Project.
This is a massive proposal for the next 30 years of mining in the Macarthur
area and seriously threatens the Georges River. It will also impact on the
Nepean River, and the Upper Cataract and the Woronora Rivers within
Sydney's drinking water catchment. If approved it will be the largest
underground coalmine in Australia, covering 220 sq kms.
Many properties will also be undermined from Douglas Park to Menangle and
Razorback, including historic buildings such as St James Church at Menangle
and St Mary's Towers.
Serious questions about the project have already been raised by key
Government agencies, local councils and environment groups.
Speakers from Campbelltown and Wollondilly Councils, NPA and Rivers SOS will
take questions from the audience at the end of the presentations.
Local residents are encouraged to come along and be informed about this
significant potential threat to our natural and built heritage as well as
private property.
The lecture will be held on Wednesday July 7 at 7.30 pm at the Campbelltown
Arts Centre.
Entry is by gold coin donation.
The Macarthur Heritage Lecture Series is presented by the Macarthur Branch
of the National Parks Association (NPA), in collaboration with the
University of Western Sydney and the Campbelltown Arts Centre.
For further information, contact Julie on 46 366301 or Beth on 46251583
14 May 2010
Bickham mine plans scrapped. Is this more smoke and mirrors?......read more here and here
20 April 2010
Don't like the Supreme Court's decision? Just change the law! .......read more here and here
8 March 2010
For immediate release - Despite expert advice Illawarra Coal continues to crack rivers......read more.
For photos of the latest damage to the Georges River as a result of longwall mining visit here.
8 March 2010
Liverpool Plains farmers win Supreme Court case against BHP Billiton....read more.
3 March 2010
Drilling is to take place inside the CCL767 Mining Lease area owned by BHP Billiton in the Wedderburn area. Did you know BHP Billiton DO NOT have a title from the surface to 154 metres below the ground! Drilling but no truck........read more here.
1 March 2010
Official gagged over mine fears. The State government knows that the Bulli Seam Project will give them billions of dollars. Too bad that they will have to spend all this money and some to give the community drinking water!........read more here.
24 February 2010
Mining experts a "joke": Graham........read more here.
20 February 2010
Public Meeting with Illawarra Coal at the Wedderburn Resource Centre; 22 February at 7:30pm. All residents in Lysaught, Exley, Blackburn and Victoria Road are encouraged to attend! Come and ask Illawarra Coal what they will do to protect your home from damage if their 30 year plan is approved.
18 February 2010
BHP mines set to damage life-giving swamps........read more here.
10 February 2010
WAM to present to the Planning Assessment Commission on Wednesday 17 February at 3:50pm at Appin House.
10 February 2010
129 longwalls to be debated......read more here.
4 February 2010
Illawarra Coal cracking up the Georges River AGAIN!!!!!!
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3 February 2010
Fantastic community support coming our way!
I just wanted to say I totally support your campaign against the mining extensions.
I grew up in Wedderburn and I always think that place really influenced the way I feel about the bush here in Australia, about the land, about country.
When I was young we had a beautiful walk down to the gorge at the back of the place where we lived, and there were hanging swamps and beautiful rock pools down in the river area.
My father wanted to develop an area not too far from where we lived, but as I understand, he wasn't allowed, partly because of biodiversity impacts. That was a victory for Wedderburn.
An odd twist on my father's vandalism of the land we lived on in Wedderburn, watching him slash and hack back the beautiful indigenous bush, is that it made me the environmentalist I am today.
There are so many alternatives out there now for energy supply that it just seems ludicrous to allow the mine extension. Same old story - for quick profit, the land suffers.
You are doing a great job. Keep it up.
15 December 2009
BHP coal mine raises fears - St George and Sutherland Shire Leader........read more here.
December 2009
Read the National Parks Association of NSW submissions regarding BHP's 30 year plan here.
OPEN DAY
Come along and join in the fun.
Sunday, 22 November 2009
11am - 3pm
Resource Centre, Wedderburn Road, Wedderburn. Opposite the Fire Station.
Information about BHP Billitons 30 year plan - how does it effect YOU!
Community support CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN! See you all there!
21 November 2009
Stand up for water, not coal! Support Rivers SOS Court Case.
Tuesday Nov. 24, 8 to 9am
Outside the NSW Land and Environment Court
255 Macquarie Street
(near St James Station)
More details here.
18 November 2009
NEW MINISTER. NEW AGENDA. New contact details here. Please write ASAP - so our issues are not put on the back burner!
15 November 2009
Ian MacDonald axed!.........read more.
10 November 2009
Illawarra Coal's 30 year plan. Plans are on exhibition until December 2. Read the article in the Macarthur Chroncile here.
21 October 2009
Illawarra Coal's 30 year plan. Plans on exhibition until December 2. Read the article in the Camden Advertiser here.
21 October 2009
Local MP Graham West says "I'm disappointed they didn't keep [me] in the loop ... it's like they're trying to railroad it through." Read more..........
20 October 2009
ON EXHIBITION! - Illawarra Coal's Bulli Seam Operations - write NOW! Stop damage to our precious fresh water resources, stop damage to property and protect our environment. You only have until December 2, 2009 - SO GET WRITING NOW! Access the planning website here. Access BHP Billiton's site here.
Explore the realities of Clean Coal with the new advertising campaign from the Reality Coalition.
Fast Fact: Geologist John Hempel likens longwall mining’s effect on surface and ground water to pulling the plug in a bathtub. “Every drop of water will leave that tub until it goes dry.”Read the rest of this article on the impacts of long wall mining here
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Wedderburn Against Mining Incorporated is a not for profit community group that has been formed to fight against the NSW State Governments' decision to allow mining exploration to commence on the Wedderburn Plateau.
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