VOICES: Supporters wave placards in support of Ian and Robyn Moore outside the courthouse. – Pictures by Dean Osland
A CAMPAIGN by a Hunter farming family to block coal exploration on their land near Jerrys Plains appears over with a late move by coal company NuCoal to remove deep exploration from valuable alluvial soils and aquifers.
In the Land and Environment Court sitting in Singleton yesterday, Ian and Robyn Moore agreed to an order from Justice Peter Biscoe to allow NuCoal’s three-bore hole exploration program on their farm for the development of the controversial Doyles Creek mine.
The Moores have blocked the company’s exploration access since it applied under the Mining Act in 2010 and their action was supported by environmental campaigners, anti-coal and anti-coal seam gas protesters and farmers.
After the order was issued, an emotional Ian Moore told the Newcastle Herald access would be given but not through any signed agreement with a coal company.
‘‘It was a court order,’’ Mr Moore said.
Newcastle Herald
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