Kalbar continuing to push for an expanded application area that has not been the subject of any studies. They are pushing for compulsory acquisition of land for ‘easements’ for their ‘infrastructure’ and if their amendment to the planning scheme is accepted, (Document 780) will do their damnedest to screw over the local landholders and get away with ridiculously inadequate – and not guaranteed – biodiversity offsets. The supposed mitigation register (775-776) is highly flawed with many of the ‘mitigations’ laughable and others just downright insulting. One thing’s for sure – people living near the mine will suffer enormously from the noise, dust and destruction of a much-loved landscape, and it is a matter of time before the horticulture industry and anyone who relies on a clean river or unpolluted groundwater starts to feel the impacts.
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