Alan Jones talks to Henry Plumptre

Alan Jones talks to the managing director of the Darley Stud about a public hearing today on plans for the Drayton South coal mine in the Hunter Valle...

MT ARTHUR BLAST MISHAP

MT Arthur Coal has issued an apology to the Muswellbrook community following a blast at its mine on Wednesday, which resulted in fume travelling towar...

Coal mining’s long legacy of water pollution in West Virginia

As tap-water restrictions continue for 300,000 residents, activists say there's nothing new about chemical-laden water

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The disastr...

Flannery "unfazed" by potential 78-fold rise in Cascade stock

BRIAN FLANNERY, whose net worth is estimated to be $600 million, was dismissive of the amazing windfall he was about to receive when - after only eigh...

Travers Duncan told Moses Obeid the family should pull out of licence ownership

MINING magnate Travers Duncan claimed he told the son of Labor powerbroker Eddie Obeid that his family had a "bad reputation" and he wanted them out o...

'This is going to be a fortune': investors wanted Obeids out of coal deal, inquiry told

"They've looked down our throats and up our arses and they haven't found anything," was Moses Obeid's angry reaction on being told that his family's...

Singleton calls for coal seam gas ban

The Singleton Council has proposed a ban on coal seam gas exploration and drilling inside its shire.

Its council came with each other for the establis...

ICAC to investigate threat to witness

A THREAT has been made against a witness set to give evidence at an explosive inquiry into allegations of corruption involving two former Labor minist...

ICAC told Macdonald 'obstacle' moved to junior post

A SENIOR bureaucrat who became an obstacle to disgraced former NSW resources minister Ian Macdonald's attempts to manipulate an allegedly corrupt coal...

Investors lost a fortune as $30m channelled to Obeid

STOCKBROKER Brent Potts and business partner Peter Gray contributed their own cash towards a $28 million investment in a coal company at the centre of...

Bureaucrat Alan Coutts 'removed' for querying Bylong Valley coal tenders

FORMER Labor minister Ian Macdonald removed a senior resources bureaucrat after he questioned plans to reopen coal exploration tenders in the Bylong V...

ICAC told of Obeid's $100m deal

Minister provided inside intelligence, Obeids spun lucrative mining web, ICAC told

THE family of the Labor power broker Eddie Obeid received $30 milli...

Obeids spun lucrative mining web, ICAC told

Seven businessmen stood to make $60 million each in a coal deal. This is the picture as alleged by the ICAC, write Linton Besser and Kate McClymont.

H...

Minister provided the inside intelligence

THE Obeid family and their close associates used inside information provided by the then mining minister Ian Macdonald to buy rural properties which w...

Robertson moves to suspend Obeid from ALP

NSW Opposition Leader John Robertson has moved to immediately suspend former MP Eddie Obeid from the Labor Party, after revelations at a public inquir...

Mining 'scam' evokes Rum Corps, ICAC told

CORRUPTION on a scale not witnessed in NSW since the Rum Corps saw former resources minister Ian Macdonald confer "massive cascading profits" of $100...

Authorities under pressure to investigate the health impacts

Health authorities are coming under pressure to properly investigate the health impacts of mining on Australia's largest coal mining region, in the Ne...

Multi-baggers and old mates

The 'Labor Show Trials' starting next week will examine the deals of a close circle of business and government allies, write Kate McClymont and Linton...

Minister's best mate was in on coal deal

THE best friend of the disgraced former mining minister Ian Macdonald has been exposed as a secret shareholder in a company awarded a lucrative coal l...

The Last Stand

The stakes could not get any higher in the political game between coalminers, thoroughbred horse breeders and the NSW government, writes Joanne McCart...

SRLUP 'dodgy' says Windsor

CONFUSION reigns over how the NSW government’s strategic land use and aquifer interference policies will fit with the federal government’s tighter con...

Studs vow to fight as breeders take on king coal

THE Hunter’s billion-dollar thoroughbred breeding industry is facing its biggest threat in 200 years under the state government’s strategic regional l...

The farmer wants a life - Humphries risks cabinet solidarity

THE Minister for Western NSW, Kevin Humphries, has encouraged a group of farmers to continue to "lock the gate" to prevent coal seam gas companies ent...

Coal turns into gold for those on the inside

MINING is a notoriously risky business but for a couple of lucky novices, in every seam they found a silver lining.

Gardner Brook was a merchant banke...

Black loans, burnt boats and fast cars

A SPECTACULAR boat explosion, pointed guns, BRW rich listers and secret shareholdings in the British Virgin Islands are just some of the intriguing el...

Mining interests shocked as licences inquiry unveiled

The circumstances in which the former Labor government awarded exploration licences for Mount Penny, Glendon Brook, Yarrawa and Doyles Creek will be s...

Ex-ministers face ICAC

ALLEGATIONS of corruption involving three former NSW Labor ministers will feature in potentially the most sensational public inquiry held by the Indep...

ICAC public inquiry into alleged corruption

The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) will hold a public inquiry commencing Thursday 1 November as part of three investigations (Operat...

No coal mining for Margaret River

Portfolio: Mines and Petroleum

Mineral title applications targeting coal near Margaret River to be terminated/refused

EPA deems area to be unacceptabl...

State bans coal mining near Margaret River

The State Government has issued a blanket ban on coal mining in the Margaret River region, citing “unacceptable” environmental risks.

Mines Minister N...

The state's South-West is officially out-of-bounds for coal mining

Mines and Petroleum Minister Norman Moore said today he wanted to send a “clear signal” to the coal industry that it was not welcome in the region.

No...

Operation Jarilo investigation report on hold pending further investigation

The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) will delay completing and publishing its investigation report concerning corruption allegations t...

Obeid family looked at land on coal lease

Members of the Obeid family, including the former Labor powerbroker Eddie Obeid, expressed interest in buying a Denman farm nearly three years before...

Obeid family and friends reap millions from lucrative coal licences

A friend and financial adviser to Eddie Obeid and his family, who had no mining background and a $1 company, won a coal exploration licence worth mill...

Scone Cup day a winner

A record crowd of more than 10,000 basked in a picture perfect day and tossed economic gloom to gentle autumn breezes.

Scone Race Club chairman Noel L...

Racing and wine bodies reject mine research

THE Hunter wine and racing industries have hit back at research that suggests NSW would lose $1 billion a year in royalties and 8000 jobs if agricultu...

Withstanding the test of time

THE Santos Community Committee – Upper Hunter, focused on the topic of what happens when a gas well has finished use at last night’s meeting.

Santos r...

Call for CSG moratorium after NSW spill

ENVIRONMENTALISTS are calling for a moratorium on coal seam gas mining in the NSW, after toxic chemicals were detected in the Pilliga state forest six...

Toxic chemicals found in Pilliga NSW soil

THE New South Wales Government should suspend all coal seam gas (CSG) exploration licences following reports toxic chemicals were detected in Pilliga...

Hunter Valley Coal Conundrum

The Hunter Valley is home to 93 stallions, including the three most expensive: Encosta de Lago, Redoute’s Choice and More than Ready. The land in the...

Hunter Valley mine is no horseplay as business and racing leaders protest its development

A CLUSTER of the nation’s most powerful racing and business leaders have joined forces in a bid to stop an American mining giant from developing a new...

Racing identities plan NSW coal protest

They are usually rivals at the track, but leading horse-racing identities including Gai Waterhouse and Bart Cummings and Melbourne Cup-winning jockey...

Mine blast gone wrong spews toxic cloud

A toxic fume from a blast at the Mount Arthur mine in the Upper Hunter turned the sky bright orange and prompted demands for a much stronger response...

Hunter misses out on horse stud development because of coal

The Hunter Valley has missed out on a potential multi-million dollar horse stud development, due to the region's expanding coal mining industry.

Briti...

"HTBA not only Breeders of Champions but Champion of Breeders" Kate Washington BA LLB, MP Member for Port Stephens

HUNTER THOROUGHBRED BREEDERS ASSOCIATION TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL AWARDS - Ms KATE WASHINGTON BA LLB, MP Member for Port Stephens 

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Hunter coal mines will leave a huge legacy that could drain the public purse, a report warns | Newcastle Herald - JOANNE MCCARTHYJune 8, 2016

Mines will leave voids ‘bigger than Sydney Harbour’ | Newcastle Herald

'Vandalism of beautiful land': Hunter mining controversy | Alan Jones with 7 news chopper footage

This is what 2GB’s Alan Jones saw from the 7 News Chopper as it flew over kilometres of Hunter Valley coal mines.

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NSW Planning stuck in the 1970s | Singleton Argus (Louise Nichols)

Way back in the 1970s when the mullet hairdo was just becoming fashionable and Neville Wran was the Premier of NSW, turning quiet rural communities in...

Stud backing boost for Scone Trials

Horse Trials continues to go from strength to strength –that’s the consensus of some 500 competitors, as well as volunteers and spectators at the one...

ABC 4Corners 'The End of Coal' click to view

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