Greens Candidates Tour Hunter Hotspots

Yesterday I joined Greens candidates and supporters from across the Hunter and Greens MP Lee Rhiannon on an extensive bus tour of the worst affected coal communities in the Hunter, including the site of the proposed Anvil Hill coalmine.

Our tour group and a local message - Anvill Hill

We met up with local coal community campaigners to inspect the ongoing and planned mining projects destroying the communities, rivers and land of the Hunter Valley.

The tour provided a great opportunity for all of us to connect with the reality of mining in the valley, and to see and hear first hand the impact of the mines on people, communities and the environment.

Despite growing up in the shadow of the mines in Singleton, I was staggered by the view from Mt Arthur (outside Muswellbrook).

Jane and the view from Mt Arthur