After fighting the proposed Rio Tinto Warkworth coal mine expansion for more than six years, the residents of Bulga have now exhausted all legal options to stop the project.
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“We twice proved in court that this coal mine would do more harm than good. Not just for us in Bulga, but for NSW,” President of the Bulga Milbrodale Progress Association John Krey said.
“But our victories were cruelly snatched away from us by an unfair, unjust system that values coal above all else.
“The system is broken. The rules are rigged against us. Communities like Bulga have been stripped of their legal rights to challenge mine approvals, no matter how bad they are.
“There is no recourse to justice for anyone whose life – or entire community – has been ruined. It is deeply unjust.”
Now the community has banded together again and will travel to Sydney to establish ‘New Bulga’. This temporary new village will be behind NSW Parliament to symbolise the loss of their community to the impacts of coal mining.
