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OPINION: Plague of greenies consuming mining jobs
This opinion piece first featured in the Daily Telegraph Wednesday 29th October 2014 In July last year I was asked to speak at a town meeting in regional NSW, where the local community was suffering from local mining job losses. Picture: Craig Greenhill A young schoolteacher stood up and told of children coming to her […]
Industry29 October 2014
OPINION: It’s time for the NSW Govt to find its spine
This opinion piece by NSW MInerals Council CEO Stephen Galilee was published in the . The NSW Government would never treat workers in Sydney in such a way. Or would it? On Tuesday, 500 hardworking miners from Anglo American’s Drayton South mine in the Upper Hunter woke to the news that their jobs had been […]
Uncategorized25 October 2014
Business leaders say govt needs to ‘get real’ about coal and the Hunter economy
Hunter Valley business leaders have labelled the NSW planning system ‘onerous’ and ‘unreasonable’ following the likely loss of at 500 local jobs in mining and the supply chain. The Muswellbrook Chamber of Commerce and Industry says the Planning Assessment Commission’s decision to reject the Drayton South Project, which had already been endorsed with conditions […]
Industry22 October 2014
Mine management meeting with Drayton staff over future
Senior management at Anglo American are today meeting with employees at the company’s Drayton mine in the Hunter Valley who are now faced with the loss of their jobs following the rejection of the proposal for a mine extension. Workers at the site are still coming to terms with the shock decision and the […]
Industry22 October 2014
Hunter Heartbreak: Human cost of NSW Govt decisions as the devastation begins to sink in
The mining industry and supply chain businesses in NSW have suffered a ‘brutal double blow’ following the Planning Assessment Commission’s rejection of two coal mine projects in regional NSW. The Anglo American Drayton South mine and Cullen Bullen project in the Blue Mountains will not go ahead, despite high public support and the potential […]
Industry21 October 2014
NSW Government abandons hundreds of workers in regional NSW
“ “Today’s PAC outcomes on the Drayton South and Coalpac projects are a brutal double-blow for working people in regional NSW, and suggests that the NSW Government is prepared to stand by and do nothing while hundreds lose their jobs,” NSW Minerals Council CEO Stephen Galilee said today. “It’s a black day for jobs […]
Industry21 October 2014
Statement: Minister for Resources and Energy Anthony Roberts supports Mining industry
HUNTER REGION JOBS I thank the member for his question and for his interest in this matter. New South Wales is a mining State. This vital industry powers this great State and, unlike those opposite, the Liberal-Nationals Government is committed to supporting this critical industry and the people who work in it. Mining supports […]
Uncategorized17 October 2014
Election of new Nationals Leader and Deputy Premier
“ The NSW Minerals Council congratulates the Hon. Troy Grant on his election as the Leader of the NSW National Party and Deputy Premier. “The new Deputy Premier is a strong advocate for regional communities who understands the economic and social stability that mining brings to NSW,” NSW Minerals Council CEO, Stephen Galilee said […]
Industry16 October 2014
Revealed: The Australia Institute’s campaign against 7,000 NSW jobs
“ Anti-jobs blitz targets nearly 4,000 jobs in Hunter alone It has been revealed that the activist group, The Australia Institute, has directly campaigned against a total of over 7,000 existing and proposed mining jobs in NSW in 2014 alone. “Since the beginning of the year, The Australia Institute has lodged submissions with the Department […]
Industry26 September 2014
Latest illegal access incident risks catastrophe
“ Time for the NSW Government to act The NSW Government must act immediately with tough penalties for professional activists and anyone else illegally accessing mine sites, after the latest incident that put lives at risk. It has come to light that local police are investigating an incident on Wednesday 10th September, where trespassers, […]
Industry18 September 2014
Australia Institute’s economic circus continues with admission of latest error
“ The Australia Institute has confirmed its third major economic error in as many months, with the admission today in the Newcastle Herald that its submissions against job-generating mining projects in NSW seriously underestimated the expected royalties to be generated. “This is the final nail in the coffin as far as the Australia Institute’s […]
Industry16 September 2014