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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
$17 billion economic fraud reveals Australia Institute’s true agenda
“ The Australia Institute has been caught out publishing blatant misinformation, with a $17 billion black hole revealed in their recent attempt to attack the mining industry. A new independent analysis of the Australia Institute’s ‘Mining in the Age of Entitlement’ report, in which it was claimed the mining industry receives $17.6 billion in government subsidies, […]
Industry15 September 2014
Anti-mining report had a pickaxe to grind
Originally published in The Daily Telegraph. NSW Minerals Council CEO, Stephen Galilee The Australia Institute has been caught out using a massive economic deception to attack the mining industry and the jobs of mining workers across NSW. The Australia Institute must now be held to account for the jobs they have put at risk […]
Uncategorized15 September 2014
Aboriginal enterprises the focus of regional trade fair
A regional trade fair organised by the NSW Minerals Council has been a great success with over 38 Aboriginal businesses, organisations and key stakeholders coming together in Dubbo this August. Attendees heard about the opportunities for Aboriginal businesses with their respective companies and the work they are currently doing with Aboriginal businesses from Mike […]
Uncategorized10 September 2014
Clock ticking’ for 1300 miners, as jobs hang in balance
Rio Tinto is warning that ‘time is ticking’ on its plans to continue mining at its Mount Thorley Warkworth mine in the Hunter Valley. It is another warning to the NSW Government about the seriousness of the situation in the Hunter Valley where thousands of jobs in mining and the supply chain have been lost […]
Economy10 September 2014