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Life in the crawl space: M1's fully-loaded future inexorably linked to the Hunter (opens the original)
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I helped a mate recently, riding shotgun in his light truck on a mid-morning run down the M1 to Sydney. His truck has seen better days. It was fully loaded. But the sun was shining, the traffic seemed light, we pressed ahead, what could go wrong? The answer came at Ourimbah with our first climb. Trucks only in left lanes say the road signs, as if our chugger was capable of overtaking anything when confronted with an incline. Rather, our vehicle shifted rapidly down its gears - I didn't know truc
A dwindling Hunter populace may be help, not hindrance (opens the original)
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Leaving aside those who believe the world is flat, there is widespread agreement that coal mining in the Hunter is ending. A consequence is the emergence of discussion about how to transition out of coal. Dealing with the loss of over 12,500 jobs will be difficult. Ensuring rehabilitation of an estimated 30,000 hectares of open cut mines is an equal challenge. A concern, for me, is what happens if the transition plans don't deliver, especially for the districts most affected by the end of coal?
Technicalities and delegation on HVO and others won't get Hunter coal shift sorted (opens the original)
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Global mining giant Glencore and Chinese state-owned enterprise Yancoal are seeking approval to create the Hunter's largest coal mine. If given the go ahead their joint venture, Hunter Valley Operations (HVO), is slated to ship 429 million tonnes of coal over the next two decades. The decision to approve the application is in the hands of three officers from Independent Planning Commission NSW. They are distinguished professionals: Simon Smith, a former departmental secretary; Janett Milligan, a
Blueprint for quality urban hubs lost in Hunter sprawl (opens the original)
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Dwelling approvals data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show the Lower Hunter on a growth trajectory. Population is increasing and dwellings are being approved in response. By 2050, the Lower Hunter will be home to about 700,000 people, an increase of more than 20 per cent in the next 25 years. Where these dwellings are built will pretty much determine the shape of the Lower Hunter for the rest of the century if not forever. Housing releases on farmland, bushland and forests continue to
Hollow promises: Labor's side-stepping out of tune with bullish vow on miners (opens the original)
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Yancoal announced recently the closure of the Ashton coal mine at Camberwell. Its workers were summoned to the Singleton town hall on a wintry morning to be told their mine would be shuttered by January 2028. You would think that, this far into Australia's march towards net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, there would be government measures in place to support these workers well before they lose their jobs, and to support Upper Hunter communities as they take another hit from contraction i
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