Wednesday 5th April 2017
G’day,
Hope this finds you fit and well. Here is a bunch of what crossed my digital desk over the last week. I trust you get something from it!
If you are the sort of person who cleans up after yourself, who puts things back where you found them, who returns things you borrow and tries to keep your place neat and tidy, you would probably expect others to do the same. And it probably dismays you when they don’t. You recognise it as being very short term think and irresponsible. Well why should we expect less than our standard when it comes to mining companies who make a lot of money then do not clean up after themselves?
This hit my desk this week:
The Federal Senate has opened up an Inquiry into the failures of mine rehabilitation in Australia.
It’s a big and very important opportunity for communities across the nation.
This is our chance to expose the fact that there has still not been a single large mine that has been fully rehabilitated over the last 25 years in Australia.
Can you take one minute to make a simple submission to the Senate Inquiry? We’ve only got one week before the submission period closes.
The fact is that state governments have failed us.
They are still allowing mining companies to leave vast, open-cut pits that will never be filled.
They are still allowing huge waste dumps that will eventually leak and contaminate adjoining creeks and rivers.
This is our best chance to put a national spotlight on the toxic legacy of big mining in Australia.
It would be wonderful if you could use our quick, simple guide to send a submission. Click here to do just that!
If we all take action now, we can build an unstoppable push for binding national rehabilitation standards which force mining giants to finally clean up their mess.
Thanks for standing with us,
Rick for Lock the Gate Alliance
Lock the Gate Alliance
http://www.lockthegate.org.au/
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