BHP BILLITON has forfeited its leases to mine under the future Dharawal National Park site — and it won't cost us a cent.
Premier Barry O'Farrell announced on Sunday that a compromise had been reached: the mining company would be allowed to mine under two parts of the current conservation area near Campbelltown if they gave up the rest of it for free.
The government now expects the national park near Wedderburn to be established in the next few months.
It will encompass 98.7 per cent of the current Dharawal State Conservation Area.
The two excluded areas will be included in the park when BHP is finished with them.
Wollondilly MP Jai Rowell said he looked forward to taking his family to the park for many years to come.
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