Politicians, what was in your GVKHANCOCK Coal Drinks?

The Galilee Basin Story so far . . .  GVK Hancock Coal Media releases state there will be 4000 jobs for the area and yet they still say there will be FIFO workers.  Why? 

Is it because they know they are lying and this is how they get around telling the absolute truth on the subject of real employment.

Thermal coal is uneconomic on the current spot price yet they still get approval from the state and federal governments.

June 2011:
Billionaire mining magnate Gina Rinehart flew Coalition MPs, including the Liberal Party's deputy leader Julie Bishop and Nationals Senate leader Barnaby Joyce, to take part in a sumptuous three day-wedding of a prominent Indian industrialist in Hyderabad.

The Reddy family company, infrastructure behemoth GVK, is seeking a controlling stake in coal mines owned by the Hancock group.
(The Age, 17/6/2011)

November 2013:
The federal government has approved a massive coal mining project in central Queensland that will be the largest in the country.

The environment minister, Greg Hunt, approved the 37,380-hectare Kevin's Corner project on Friday. The mine (will) be operated by a joint India-Australia consortium, GVK-Hancock. 

March 25th 2015   GVKHANCOCKFrom the website:

As part of a comprehensive stakeholder engagement process over several years, GVK Hancock has all Indigenous agreements in place for its mine, rail and port infrastructure.
We value cooperation with all sections of the community and are proud to have reached collaborative agreements with the Indigenous groups which interrelate with our projects including the Wangan & Jagalingou People, Jangga People, Birri People and the Juru People.
Our agreements were negotiated and finalised between 2011 and 2012 and included:

• Native Title Agreements for each of our Alpha Coal Mine and Kevin’s Corner Coal Mine in accordance with the Commonwealth Native Title Act,
• Indigenous Land Use Agreements covering our 500 kilometre railway and our coal export terminal at the port of Abbot Point in accordance with the Commonwealth Native Title Act, and
• Cultural Heritage Management Plans over the areas of both mines and our rail and port infrastructure in accordance with the Queensland Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act.

We will continue to work cooperatively with all indigenous groups, governments, landholders and the broader community as we continue advancing our projects to a point where construction can commence.

Click here to download "20150326 - Media Statement - GVK Hancock has all Indigenous agreements in place for proposed mine rail and port.pdf"

May 28th 2015 
GVK Hancock has developed a plan to boost regional jobs for around 30+ years in the operational workforce of its planned Galilee Basin mining operations.
The plan to boost regional jobs involves adopting bus-in/bus-out services stretching over 300 kilometres from Emerald to Barcaldine to create sustained, long-term employment throughout the region.
This bus-in/bus-out service will complement the unavoidable need for fly-in/fly-out services, to meet the requirement of more than 4,000 direct jobs at our proposed mines.

Coal Mine

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Gina gets in her own Meat by buying into two major cattle stations.

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Gina Rinehart would have to be one of the most despised woman in Australia if not the entire world.  The woman has no moral integrity what so ever where the environment is involved and therefore she will not fair well. 

The fact she is buying into the food chain is a worrying move in my opinion.  Given that her other trade she plies is Mining.  There is a ocean of poison water she has to contend with.  I would want to watch where the water comes from for these Kimberly cattle stations.  I already know this is what other mining companies do so its like a foregone conclusion to me that this will be a plan for the future.

Images @ Eminpee Fotography

Hungry Gutted Brainless Queenslanders! Grrr

I call them hungry gutted because their concern is for Money and not the environment and this means these people are not worth the air they even breathe. They pay no heed to the fact this mining will damage the water table.

GVK Hancock has taken the next step in its $4.2 billion coal project Kevin's Corner.   Decision's on the mines fate and the fate of its mining lease application is immediately delayed by the Federal Government's Department of Sustainability until October 30th 2013.

This farmer is exactly the sort of farmer who is dangerous to this country,  the ones who put the dollar first before the state of the land and how it will be effected for times in the future.

Shaun Dillon is a pastoralist where if the approved, 9000 acres of Kevin's Corner Mine will be on his property.
A  compensation arrangement  has already been struck with GVK.

Shaun understands there could be total loss of the water supply on his  land.   He fully understands the impacts of this industry but he doesn't give a damn about it. 

He cites Money as his motivation for peace of mind.   He and most of his neighbours are protected by a flimsy "make good" clause in their contractual arrangements  with GVK.

This decision to sell out like this is going to be the thing that will bring this country to its veritable knees.  These guys are not seeing the big picture.  They have been dazzled by the dollars and the short term gain.

Who are GVK-Hancock Coal?

Hancock Coal Pty Ltd is owned by GVK and Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd. Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd (HPPL) is a diversified Australian energy and resources company, with a strong record of pioneering the economic development of regional Australia.

Founded by Lang Hancock over 50 years ago, HPPL has a long and proud history in minerals, exploration and development industries in Australia. Since it was established in the mid 1950s, HPPL has demonstrated a strong commitment to the growth of Australia’s mineral wealth, and has continued to seek and develop additional resource deposits across the country.

The pioneering spirit of Hancock that led the development of the Pilbara region in Western Australia is now being directed to the vast potential of the Galilee Basin in Queensland with Hancock Coal Pty Ltd (HCPL) and the Alpha Coal Project.

In the 1970s, resource exploration commenced in the Galilee Basin, which was considered to be uneconomic due to the lack of associated infrastructure on Australia’s east coast. Now, some 30 years later, with more developed rail and port infrastructure coupled with the global demand for coal fired power, there is an exciting opportunity for this area of regional Queensland.

Read more here: GVKHancock Coal Pty Ltd

Images @ Eminpee Fotography