By One Nation NSW Leader Mark Latham MLC
Yesterday the Deputy Premier John Barilaro and Treasurer Dominic Perrottet visited the Glendell coal mine near Singleton, to launch their Nationals candidate for the Upper Hunter by-election.
It was supposed to be a show of support for coal jobs. But the Government (through Matt Kean) has a Net Zero Carbon 2050 policy and 100% renewables strategy which will hurt the coal industry. That’s what Kean wants. That’s what Gladys wants.
Malcolm Turnbull may be gone but the Green Liberals are still running the Government.
And what about supporting the Glendell mine itself? Since November 2019 it has had a competed EIS to expand its operations and coal business out to 2044.
It’s a great project, creating many new jobs. I visited the Glendell mine in December 2019 and heard about the ridiculous number of hoops the company (Glencore) needs to jump through to get approval in NSW, to invest, and create much-needed employment.
Today, 18 months after the EIS, the Glendell application is listed on the NSW Planning Department portal as “Further Information Needed”.
How pathetic is that? It should have been approved last year, with the new jobs being created by now.
The Berejiklian/Kean Government is way too Green and way too slow to get jobs and investments moving in our State.
It is NSW One Nation policy to abolish the anti-coal Independent Planning Commission (IPC) and fast-track development (not just coal, but all industries), so that no planning decision takes more the 12 months.Â
Investment certainty is critical. Job creation is all-important.
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