Participants in the “Mudgee Mining: The wHole Story” rally marched to Lawson Park after a protest outside the Mudgee Mining conference at Parklands on Tuesday morning. 200312/protest/43
As representatives of the mining industry, mining-related businesses and state and local government gathered at the Mudgee Mines conference in Parklands yesterday, members of the public protested outside the gates to show their concern over the social and environmental effects of mining expansion on the region.
The “alternative conference”, which also included a rally in Lawson Park yesterday afternoon, was convened by Mid-Western Region environment and community action groups.
The ‘people’s conference’ presented in response to the Mudgee Mining conference started yesterday with a protest across the road from Parklands Resort.
Speakers from a number of community groups stepped one by one onto the back of a ute to address a crowd of residents concerned about the growing presence of mines around Mudgee.
Many carried placards and banners with slogans such as “No More Mines Near Mudgee”, “Coal Costs The Earth” and “Food Bowl Not Coal Hole”.
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