Kerry Nettle (NSW, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a)

notes that:

(i)

the Wallarah 2 Coal Project planned by Kores Australia, which is owned by the Government of South Korea, proposes to mine coal in the Wyong area of New South Wales using the longwall mining technique,

(ii)

the proposed site of the mine in the Dooralong and Yarramalong valleys includes threatened flora and fauna as well as rivers that make up 50 per cent of the Central Coast water catchment and is close to residential areas,

(iii)

longwall coal mining is wrecking rivers in New South Wales by cracking riverbeds, disturbing aquifers, destabilising sandstone cliff formations, often resulting in cliff collapse and causing serious pollution,

(iv)

residents in nearby areas are concerned about the proposed mine’s likely noise pollution, the health effects of coal dust and effect on the local environment, and

(v)

burning the coal extracted by the mine will contribute to global warming; and

(b)

calls on the Government to reject the proposed coal mine under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.

Question negatived.