The NSW Minerals Council is a lobbying body created by the large mining companies operating in

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. Its main purpose is to forward the economic interests of those companies and related industries by lobbying

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s and the public.

Campaigns

The Minerals Council, headed by

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Stephen Galilee, has run a number of campaigns recently highlighting, in their opinion the social and economic benefits conveyed on the

Hunter Valley The Hunter Region, also commonly known as the Hunter Valley, is a region of New South Wales, Australia, extending from approximately to north of Sydney. It contains the Hunter River and its tributaries with highland areas to the north and so ...

by the mining industry, especially the coal mining industry, in the face of campaigning by locals, farmers and environmentalists, concerned about mining's impacts food & water supply,

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health impacts, the destruction of

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and coals impact on

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. These include the frog ads found in a number of newspapers in NSW, and the current campaign entitled "Life. Brought to you by Mining". The "Life..." campaign is also supported by Centennial Coal and the mining arm of the

CFMEU The Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union (CFMMEU, though most commonly still referred to as CFMEU) is Australia's main trade union in construction, forestry, maritime, mining, energy, textile, clothing and footwear producti ...

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Newcastle Herald The ''Newcastle Herald'' (formerly branded as ''The Herald'') is a local tabloid newspaper published daily, Monday to Saturday, in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. It is the only local newspaper that serves the greater Hunter Region and ...

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References

Geology of New South Wales Mining in New South Wales Mining organisations in Australia