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Rum Court Rules @courtrum.bsky.social · 2d

" NSW’s fast-track planning laws could allow mines to be approved without environmental assessment "

Elaine Johnson @elainejohnson.bsky.social · 6d

There’s some pretty alarming stuff happening in NSW right now with big changes to the planning laws being rushed through Parliament.

The proposed amendments create major corruption risks and should be closely reviewed by ICAC.

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

NSW’s fast-track planning laws could allow mines to be approved without environmental assessment

Environmental assessments could go out the window for mining projects, windfarms and other developments, green groups say

www.theguardian.com

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Elaine Johnson @elainejohnson.bsky.social · 3d

A novice mining company, Bowdens, wants to build an open cut greenfield lead mine in the beautiful Mudgee region. There are major health risks to communities as well as workers, yet the Govt is still saying “trust us.”

#BowdensLeadMine #LeadMining

www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

Mines blocked health warnings to workers with toxic blood lead levels

Documents reveal thousands of NSW residents have been exposed to potential lead harm, including mine workers with up to 16 times the threshold to notify authorities.

www.smh.com.au

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Dave Peterson (He/Him) Ⓥ 🇨🇦 @fedupwithbadair.bsky.social · 3d

Those mines need to be sued and criminally prosecuted. There is NOTHING that justifies blocking such warnings.

Elaine Johnson @elainejohnson.bsky.social · 3d

A novice mining company, Bowdens, wants to build an open cut greenfield lead mine in the beautiful Mudgee region. There are major health risks to communities as well as workers, yet the Govt is still saying “trust us.”

#BowdensLeadMine #LeadMining

www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

Mines blocked health warnings to workers with toxic blood lead levels

Documents reveal thousands of NSW residents have been exposed to potential lead harm, including mine workers with up to 16 times the threshold to notify authorities.

www.smh.com.au

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Steve Moskal @samoskal.bsky.social · 4d

#biorisks #nswpol #auspol

Rum Court Rules @courtrum.bsky.social · 4d

Mines blocked health warnings to workers with toxic blood lead levels

No safe limit, women child bearing age, NONE.

Documents reveal thousands of NSW residents have been exposed to potential lead harm, including mine workers with up to 16 times the threshold

www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

Mines blocked health warnings to workers with toxic blood lead levels

Documents reveal thousands of NSW residents have been exposed to potential lead harm, including mine workers with up to 16 times the threshold to notify authorities.

www.smh.com.au

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luekoalas.bsky.social @luekoalas.bsky.social · 4d

www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

"Robust regulatory framework." "Appropriate management procedures." 😏 Lead producing mines destroy lives and communities. #auspol #nswpol

Mines blocked health warnings to workers with toxic blood lead levels

Documents reveal thousands of NSW residents have been exposed to potential lead harm, including mine workers with up to 16 times the threshold to notify authorities.

www.smh.com.au

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luekoalas.bsky.social @luekoalas.bsky.social · 5d

They never do do they🙂

luekoalas.bsky.social @luekoalas.bsky.social · 8d

I've been there. Didn't feel like a "stranger", just welcomed and enriched by the experience. #auspol

luekoalas.bsky.social @luekoalas.bsky.social · 8d

It's not necessarily as simple as that is it? Possibly some coalition voters moving to Labor and some Others to ON. One lot down and another up could be something other than direct transfer. Coalition will interpret things as you have and some will say go right, further, further....😏 #auspol

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luekoalas.bsky.social @luekoalas.bsky.social · 8d

NACC needs a head who knows corruption when they see it you'd think😏. #auspol #NACC

Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 8d

If the head of the NACC can’t manage his own conflicts of interest, how is he supposed to lead Australia’s anti-corruption commission?

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Lindsay Parry @lins-oz.bsky.social · 11d

"Robo-debt was a spivvy, slick, slogan-driven lazy shortcut. It was illegal; it ignored due process; and it didn’t save money. Its costs are still growing. It spat on Australians.
The new welfare cop beat up everyone it saw, rorted the payroll, cost billions in compo and left its own unpaid debt."

Opinion
This zombie scandal will haunt the Libs, unless they eject Morrison.
Malcolm Knox
Journalist, author and columnist

Robo-debt was a spivvy, slick, slogan-driven lazy shortcut. It was illegal; it ignored due process; and it didn’t save money. Its costs are still growing. It spat on Australians.
The new welfare cop beat up everyone it saw, rorted the payroll, cost billions in compo and left its own unpaid debt.

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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 12d

Sidenote: Did you know that the NACC employs over 200 people, spends over $50m per year, has 5 offices, and in over two years of operations hasn't landed a single major corruption finding?

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luekoalas.bsky.social @luekoalas.bsky.social · 14d

flavoursofmudgee.com.au

Drink red not Lead. Celebrate Mudgee Region food and wine. Join the fight against 4 proposed lead mines in the Area. #LeadFreeMudgee #auspol #nswpol #tourism #agriculture #environment

Flavours of Mudgee Food and Wine Festival!

Discover the ultimate foodie adventure at the Flavours of Mudgee! Explore over 60 local food and wine producers, enjoy live music, and soak up the vibrant atmosphere. Book your tickets for September 2...

flavoursofmudgee.com.au

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luekoalas.bsky.social @luekoalas.bsky.social · 17d

"The mining companies won't like it if we tell people they're poisoning kids so let's not".The Regulators.😏 #nswpol #auspol #LeadFreeMudgee #Mudgee #EPA

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Sam @meanderingwitch.bsky.social · 17d

#nswpol

Elaine Johnson @elainejohnson.bsky.social · 18d

After burying a critical health report in lead mines and children’s blood lead levels for 4 years, the EPA wants the Mudgee community to trust it to protect kids from the Bowdens lead mine proposal.

#RegulatoryCapture
#LeadFreeMudgee

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Australian children 'living in poison' with lead in bloodstream at high levels

A state government body sat on a report into lead dust that was "poisoning" children for nearly four years and tried to keep its release quiet.

www.abc.net.au

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Elaine Johnson @elainejohnson.bsky.social · 17d

A mining company with no prior experience, Bowdens, wants to build an open cut lead mine in the famous Mudgee region, 2km from a primary school.

The community is rightfully concerned.

The Government says ‘trust us.’

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Lisa wants to raise her children on the family farm - but a lead mine next door threatens her dream

Following revelations the environment watchdog buried a report on lead mining, parents wonder if they can ‘trust that our children’s safety is coming first’ over mining interests

www.theguardian.com

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luekoalas.bsky.social @luekoalas.bsky.social · 17d

Why not to him?

luekoalas.bsky.social @luekoalas.bsky.social · 22d

Lead producing mines near school and communities in Mudgee Region still won't go away after irrefutable expert evidence of catastrophic effects on kids, agriculture, tourism, waterways. How did we get here? Arrogance, incompetence, rapacious greed. #nswpol #auspol ##LeadFreeMudgee

Community fights lead mine near primary school as report highlights Australia’s failure to protect children

Report commissioned by Mudgee health alliance suggests mine’s health and environmental assessments accepted by NSW government contain errors and outdated evidence

www.theguardian.com

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luekoalas.bsky.social @luekoalas.bsky.social · 22d

The proponent and the department say out loud that increased lead levels in children are "minimal" or "acceptable" or can be managed. They've been getting away with this kind of rubbish forever. Not this time it seems. #nswpol #auspol #mudgee #LeadFreeMudgee #mining.

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Sato Juniper @satojuniper.bsky.social · 23d

"... the right-wing media that takes comments out of context & set their audience loose on anyone they disagree with, while in the next breath bemoaning cancel culture over accountability. They seek to silence by threatening violence, all for the sin of tolerance."
#Auspol

Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 23d

Given this is making some waves - here is the piece and you can judge for yourself.

(I'm fine, there are no issues - right wing ecosystem just doing what right wing ecosystem does).

Take care of you - it's rough out there! Ax

amyremeikis.substack.com/p/charlie-ki...

Charlie Kirk died in the America he wanted

I mourn the loss of human life. I feel compassion, empathy and grief at an inexcusable killing. But I find nothing to lionise in his legacy.

amyremeikis.substack.com

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luekoalas.bsky.social @luekoalas.bsky.social · Sep 4

I wish I could say I was shocked. EPA NSW sees its job as finding a way that lead producing mines can continue while devastating children, families, communities, rivers, agriculture and tourism with lead poisoning. #environment #greencate #Mudgee #tourism #auspol #nswpol

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luekoalas.bsky.social @luekoalas.bsky.social · 24d

#nswpol #auspol #environment #mining

Elaine Johnson @elainejohnson.bsky.social · Sep 7

A critical report on the impacts of lead mining on children’s blood lead levels was hidden from the public for four years.

In that time, a Parliamentary Inquiry hearing on lead mining was held in the Mudgee region, and the Bowdens lead mine in Mudgee was approved.

www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

‘Getting ridiculous’: Bureaucrats sat on critical pollution study for four years

Internal documents reveal the level of concern inside the NSW environment watchdog about releasing a report that mining companies did not want published.

www.smh.com.au

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luekoalas.bsky.social @luekoalas.bsky.social · 26d

Data shows large majority in both groups support Labor or Greens. It's really only 2pp that matters. #auspol

luekoalas.bsky.social @luekoalas.bsky.social · 29d

There's no way the Bowdens project near #Mudgee can be approved on an outdated EIS and SEARS and without considering this report. The disgraceful contempt for communities and for due process has been revealed in all its ugliness. ##LeadFreeMudgee #nswpol #auspol

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luekoalas.bsky.social @luekoalas.bsky.social · Sep 7

Jacinta Price is a Labor stooge, right? I mean, nothing else makes sense. #auspol #insiders #Liberals

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luekoalas.bsky.social @luekoalas.bsky.social · Sep 6

Wait there's more. EPA refused to investigate lead poisoning near lead mines SA. #LeadFreeMudgee #EPA #nswpol #auspol

Dead and dying Port Pirie birds and bats exposed to lead at 3,000 times acceptable levels

South Australia’s EPA did not open a formal investigation into the source of the lead poisoning, despite referral from the Department of Primary Industries

www.theguardian.com

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