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NSW byelection: Will the Upper Hunter's 'theatre of coal' evoke an encore?


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Fifth-generation farmers Doug and Nic Robertson are out mustering some of the 300 breeder cattle on their property near Scone on a crisp mid-autumn morning, wondering how long their rural idyll can last.
Nic Robertson joins her husband Doug, with their horse Hamish, as they muster cattle on their property near Scone.
Credit:Janie Barrett
Plans by Japanese trading giant Idemitsu to develop its Gateway project north-west of Muswellbrook in the Upper Hunter would bring an open-cut coal pit right next door.
“They will literally be out the back from us,” Robertson says after dismounting Hamish his horse and joining Nic for a coffee inside their elegant home ....

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