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Wollongong Greens candidates advocate for a night mayor to boost after-dark activities and streamline venue approval processes.

Wollongong Greens candidates advocate for a night mayor to boost after-dark activities and streamline venue approval processes.

Wollongong Greens candidates advocate for a night mayor to boost after-dark activities and streamline venue approval processes.

Wollongong Greens candidates advocate for a night mayor to boost after-dark activities and streamline venue approval processes.

In a victory for the environment and common sense, the Dendrobium mine expansion will not go ahead. Jim McIlroy and Alex Bainbridge report.

South32 says expected financial returns on project do not justify investment as green groups welcome decision

The NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment had recommended the commission approve the project, arguing its benefits “significantly outweigh its residual costs, and that it is in the public interest”. But several submissions, including from WaterNSW, argued the project would have unacceptable effects on the catchment, including the loss of billions of litres in surface water per year. In its decision on Friday, the commission said South32 had failed to properly quantify the ris...

South32 wants to extend its mine into two new areas — adjacent to Avon and Cordeaux Dams — thereby extending the mine’s life until 2048 and extracting an additional 78 million tonnes of coal. There is strong opposition to the mine’s expansion, including from local and state environment groups, Water NSW, the Independent Advisory Panel on Underground Mining (IAPUM) and climate scientist Tim Flannery. Many gave evidence at the IPC public hearings in December. Water NSW opposes the mine’...

South32 wants to extend its mine into two new areas — adjacent to Avon and Cordeaux Dams — thereby extending the mine’s life until 2048 and extracting an additional 78 million tonnes of coal. There is strong opposition to the mine’s expansion, including from local and state environment groups, Water NSW, the Independent Advisory Panel on Underground Mining (IAPUM) and climate scientist Tim Flannery. Many gave evidence at the IPC public hearings in December. Water NSW opposes the mine’...