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Ferris Consulting starts recruiting for non-existent Senior Roles at Whitehaven Coal

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Whitehaven Coal has undermined confidence in the NSW planning system in relation to the proposed Vickery Coal Hub project near Gunnedah, by starting recruitment for three senior positions in the proposed megamine complex on the Namoi River. The company has pre-judged the NSW IPC by engaging Brisbane-based Ferris Psychologists to recruit the executives “subject to … Read more

UPDATED: Current Petroleum Titles Document removed from NSW Government website – detail here of EXPIRED Petroleum Titles and Applications

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This document now has a broken link: https://resourcesandgeoscience.nsw.gov.au/miners-and-explorers/applications-and-approvals/current-titles-reports-applications-and-services/title-status-reports/Petroleum-TitlesCurrent-2018-05.pdf It can be viewed here. The department have indicated that they are updating these documents. NWPA have contacted the department to ask when this might be occurring. Community would have remained better informed if the older Titles document had remained whilst updating occurred. The mapping here has … Read more

A Short History of Fracking in the Pilliga Forest

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By Johanna Evans It’s the hour before sunrise in the Pilliga forest, it’s cool and the stars cover the forest like a blanket, it’s quiet mostly, the occasional truck belts down the Newell not seeing the scars left by gas company Eastern Star Gas and their cowboy fracker contractors who held no regard for the … Read more

Whitehaven Coal’s Planned New Mine at Boggabri

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The NSW Environmental Protection Authority has slammed many aspects of Whitehaven’s proposed Vickery mine. Having assessed the Vickery Environmental Impact Statement, the regulator believes the air emissions inventory is not transparent and there is not enough information provided. Cumulative noise impacts from surrounding coal mines are not correctly assessed. The EPA has also called on … Read more

Western Downs Council NuGrow Approval for the Kogan facility

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  NuGrow is one of Australia’s leading full service recycling and re-vegetation innovators. Here is their approval from local government and their Site Based Management Plan. According to the NuGrow website: “NuGrow’s Kogan facility primarily accepts green waste, CSG muds and fluids, food waste, effluent, bio solids and manures. These are recycled into land additives … Read more