Denial of mining extension a wake-up call for industry and government

Denial of mining extension a wake-up call for industry and government
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By Peter Turner
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Friday’s watershed refusal by the Independent Planning Commission of the proposed expansion of the Dendrobium Mine was a bubble-puncturing reality check for both the mining company and the Department of Planning. Eight kilometres west of Wollongong, the mine extracts metallurgical coal some 350 metres below the Metropolitan Special Area of the Woronora Plateau. The Special Areas are catchment lands set aside to protect the water flowing into Sydney’s reservoirs. Trespassers risk fines of up to $44,000 if they enter.

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