Mining

  • Inquiry requested into quarry claim

    BIRREGURRA landowners are pleased politicians have joined their fight to stop a proposed quarry development, and supported calls for an investigation into planning processes.

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  • Calls for minister to step in to stop Birregurra quarry

    BIRREGURRA landowner Russell Young hopes the State Planning Minister will stop plans for a quarry before an application reaches a Victorian appeals tribunal in November.

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  • Neighbours fight new quarry plans

    LANDOWNERS near a proposed quarry north of Birregurra are preparing to take a stand against the development after authorities rejected a similar project three years ago.

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  • Birregurra meeting to fight mining

    BIRREGURRA’S Leisa Gittings wants district residents to be aware of possible effects on Otways communities if mining exploration goes ahead.

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  • Fracking fears for Otways

    COLAC district residents are bracing for what they fear is the inevitable end of a State Government ban on mining in the Otways.

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  • Fracking fear for Otways

    COLAC district residents fear mining companies will mine for gas in the Otways, pumping chemicals underground.

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  • Two men die on gas rig

    POLICE and union officials have launched an investigation into how two men died on a gas drilling rig off the Colac district coast.

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  • Polwarth MP rejects coal-seam gas ban

    POLWARTH MP Terry Mulder has backed the State Government’s rejection of calls to ban coal-seam gas exploration.

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