Liverpool Range Quarry

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Save Our Surroundings Riverina

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Dear NSW Independent Planning Commission, 1. Introduction and Grounds of Objection This objection is lodged in the strongest possible terms against the proposed Liverpool Range Quarry (SSD-68063715) and its associated industrial infrastructure intended to service the Liverpool Range Swindle Factory. The project represents a gross betrayal of environmental stewardship, public health, community wellbeing, and regulatory integrity. It is an attempt to fast-track an environmentally destructive, socially divisive, and economically irrational venture under the guise of “renewable progress.” The quarry and its associated operations lack a social licence, scientific credibility, and moral legitimacy. The entire approval process has been marred by opacity, conflicted interests, and regulatory complacency within the Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure (DPHI). 2. Governance, Transparency and Procedural Failures The Department’s assessment is riddled with contradictions, omissions, and unverified claims: *Distances between the quarry and nearest dwellings have been falsified or misrepresented, claiming “non-associated receivers” at over 3 km where the true buffer is barely 20 metres. *The surface water impact assessment is inaccurate, omitting local dams and misreporting drainage direction. *The additional lot number listed in the proposal appears invalid, and boundaries remain undisclosed even to affected neighbours. *Conflict of interest declarations were omitted despite known financial links between “supportive” submitters and project contractors. Proceeding without correcting these basic errors would represent a systemic failure of due diligence and a breach of public trust. The Department’s dismissive language — notably the flippant phrase “given the small timescale of the project” — is a grotesque insult and injustice to farming families who have tended this land for half a century. 3. Environmental and Agricultural Devastation The site sits within Biophysical Strategic Agricultural Land (BSAL) — fertile, productive land that cannot be offset, rehabilitated, or replaced. The proposal’s impacts on air, water, soil, and biodiversity are unacceptable: *Dust and particulate pollution from blasting, crushing, and transport will degrade air quality, affecting respiratory health and livestock productivity. *Vibration and noise will cause distress and risk structural damage to homes, tanks, and farm infrastructure. *Surface water and groundwater systems are at risk from runoff, sedimentation, and contamination, threatening downstream ecosystems. *The visual scarring and industrial intrusion will permanently destroy the character and scenic amenity of the Liverpool Range. *Animals, including valuable livestock only metres from the quarry boundary, are acutely sensitive to seismic shock and noise. Their welfare — and the livelihoods depending on them — are being sacrificed for corporate expedience. 4. Public Health, Safety and Fire Risk *Fine dust, diesel emissions, and particulate matter present serious chronic health risks. Residents already suffering asthma and immune conditions will be subjected to unrelenting exposure. *The 2017 Sir Ivan Fire devastated this region; yet the risk of fire ignition from quarry blasting activity, associated wind turbines and transmission infrastructure has not been addressed. *’Renewable’ plans lack any equivalent of the Mines Rescue Service — leaving volunteer brigades to face industrial hazards without backup or liability clarity. This is an unforgivable oversight. 5. Traffic, Infrastructure Damage and Safety Failures *The Department’s claim that transport impacts are “manageable” is indefensible. Up to 118 laden quarry trucks per day (×2 for return) on narrow rural roads is not “manageable” — it is reckless. *The Rotherwood–Vinegaroy–Cassilis road network was never designed for industrial haulage of this scale. *Local bitumen roads are already breaking up; Council has warned that some may be downgraded to gravel. *The developer’s traffic modelling compares against hypothetical scenarios instead of real local baselines — a statistical [REDACTED]. *These impacts threaten public safety, disrupt harvest operations, and destroy public infrastructure at ratepayer expense. *A rational alternative — constructing an internal haul road within the project area — has been wilfully ignored. 6. Social Harm, Cumulative Impacts and Loss of Amenity *The project will shatter rural peace, destroy amenity, and cause enduring psychological distress. *Noise, dust, vibration, and visual blight will make outdoor living impossible. *Families who have invested generations in this landscape face displacement and devaluation of property. *Warrumbungle Shire Council has been sidelined. *No cumulative impact assessment — environmental, social, financial, or agricultural — has ever been completed. *The Government deliberately and wrongly continues to approve projects in isolation, ignoring the outrageous extent of their risky experiments - the cumulative, ‘Moral Hazard’ burdens forced onto the Local Shire Councils and communities. 7. False, Vested Interest Claims and the [REDACTED] This quarry exists solely to serve an energy project that is neither green, clean, cheap, sustainable, nor beneficial to consumers. The Liverpool Range Quarry - designed for the Liverpool Range Swindle Factory - will rely on fossil-fuelled mining, globalised supply chains, toxic composite materials, and short lifespan infrastructure that doesn’t work most of the time. As [REDACTED] — shedding microplastics, bisphenol-A forever chemicals into the air, soil, and waterways, they do not belong here, there or anywhere, hence this Quarry has no good purpose. Paul Miskelly has long demonstrated, the Australian grid suffers prolonged wind droughts, rendering a “100% renewable” system impossible due to the tens of thousands of highly toxic, life-threatening, bankruptingly costly Battery Energy Storage Systems that would be required for this flawed, already failing experiment. Additionally, as Patricia Adams wrote in China’s Energy Dream (GWPF, 2021): “Carbon dioxide reduction only makes sense for those it (China) wishes to harm and supplant.” This project perfectly fits that description — an exercise in national self-sabotage, enriching foreign suppliers while impoverishing Australian households and industries. The Centre for Independent Studies (CIS), in its 13 August 2025 Notice of Dispute to the Australian Energy Regulator, exposed TransGrid’s systemic regulatory failure, stating: “There is no way in which this can be regarded as being in consumers’ best interests… Opening the way for billions of dollars of expenditure to be backed at consumers’ expense on a vague and open-ended pathway that does not fully and reliably resolve the security requirement is unacceptable.” These are not fringe opinions — they are expert warnings being ignored by a captured regulator. 8. Accountability, Enforcement and Decommissioning Should the Commission proceed as it so illogically and unjustly has in the past, strict pre-conditions must be imposed to prevent future abandonment and any detrimental community burden: *Public disclosure of all land coordinates, lot numbers, and BSAL mapping before approval. *Up-front bonds and financial guarantees for full decommissioning and remediation. *Quarterly independent audits (not annual) of extraction, traffic, emissions, and compliance. *Public availability of Rehabilitation Management Plans and dual reporting to both affected councils. *Separate, independent CCC for the quarry, with no overlap or shared chair with the TILT project. *Mandatory vehicle tracking, weighbridge calibration, and transparent tonnage reporting. Without these conditions, the project would constitute institutional negligence. 9. Call for an Immediate Moratorium and Royal Commission The Liverpool Range Quarry is a textbook example of how ideological obsession, regulatory complacency, and corporate opportunism converge to destroy rural Australia. It is environmentally ruinous, socially destructive, economically irrational, and strategically reckless. It perpetuates the [REDACTED] cycle of subsidies, greenwashing, and externalised harm — all in service of a global agenda that leaves Australians poorer and less secure. Accordingly, an Immediate Moratorium is essential on this and all [REDACTED] related projects until a full Cumulative Impact Assessment is completed. Additionally, a Royal Commission into the governance, funding, and foreign dependencies of Australia’s ‘Renewable Industry/Interconnector Nightmare - ‘Future Made in Australia’ - ‘ASEAN Power Grid’ Agenda is urgently required - including a comprehensive, independent audit and forensic review of all contracts, beneficiaries, and conflicts of interest associated with the Liverpool Range Quarry, [REDACTED] and all other such plans. Conclusion The Commission’s statutory duty is not to rubber-stamp destruction, but to minimise harm and uphold the public interest. This proposal fails every test — environmental, ethical, and economic. To approve it would be to endorse [REDACTED] over duty and irreversible harm over common sense. The people of Cassilis, Coolah, the Liverpool Range region and the rest of Australia will not be silent witnesses to the erasure of our land, health, and heritage. We urge the Independent Planning Commission to reject Liverpool Range Quarry - SSD-68063715 outright. References: *CIS, Notice of Dispute of TransGrid’s RIT-T for Meeting System Strength Requirements in NSW, AER (13 Aug 2025) https://www.aer.gov.au/documents/cis-notice-dispute-transgrids-rit-t-meeting-system-strength-requirements-nsw *Paul Miskelly, ‘Wind Farms in Eastern Australia - Recent Lessons’ https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1260/0958-305X.23.8.1233 *Paul Miskelly: ‘Storage Requirements for 100% Renewables’ Yours Sincerely, Save Our Surroundings Riverina [Lynette LaBlack - [REDACTED]]

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Me be Local Australian. Me live Great Divide. Me Care To The All On Country Lands Waterways and Communities Australian and World's. Don't you ? I do. View the photo of the proposed Liverpool Range quarry site offered by Renew Economy ([REDACTED]). Yet again, another Crime Against Mob, yes Mob, yeah, proposal in Liverpool Ranges region. In the dip in the photo you will see in the link in Renew Economy story about proposed Liverpool Range Wind Farm Quarry there is a Sacred Site. https://reneweconomy.com.au/dumping-ground-quarry-proposed-to-supply-huge-wind-project-sent-to-ipc-after-mass-objections/ Ohhh dear Who missed a Cultural Heritage "camp". Yes a camp. Um...Aboriginals lived in camps. Sacred Site ones too. I have got Permission. You Never get Permission, gov.au but claim this all the time- "We pay respect to the Traditional Custodians and First Peoples of NSW, and acknowledge their continued connection to their country and culture." You Never have, gov.au. Who did the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Assessments for a proposed Quarry site for a Not needed Wind Farm in on upon sadly sadly sadly, Liverpool Range Lands Waterways and Communities Rural of course, never Urban hey. Get Wind Farms and Solar Farms OFF OUR FARMLANDS AND off a ROOFTOPS ONLY Policy NOW FROM NOW In NSW and Australia, nsw.gov.au, gov.au. I Demand an Immediate Moratorium on All Wind Farms in Australia Immediately Immediately Immediately even those Approved by, by, by, hmmm, who ? Someone in gov.au. Shame on you, gov.au. Warrumbungle Shire Council - shame on you, you bunch of Hypocrits. How Dare You support Renewables AND Coal Fired Power Stations Overseas SHAME ON YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU, AND YOU. It is Time to Protect Sacred Sites, it is. 88 and counting So far, gov.au, nsw.gov.au, you Have caused Harm and Loss to just in this Liverpool Range region you have No Respect for, gov.au, nsw.gov.au. What about a Different team assessing Cultural Heritage Sacred Sites I Demand. Wind Farms are are are altering Major Song Lines as gov.au completely completely completely ignore Significant Aboriginal Cultural Heritage, as Media Shamefully Mocks, Yes, Mocks, Yes Mocks Song Lines, yes, Song Lines - Significant Cultural Heritage Absolutely. How Dare media Mock Significant Aboriginal Cultural Heritage. How Dare You All. Who assessed Cultural Heritage in Liverpool Range region for this project, and the Wind Farm, now Approved, eh !? Who was it ? Question them please, Elders. Yes. No Permission No Permission No Permission No Permission No Permission etc etc etc to gov.au since 1982 note. Note. Note. Time an Indigenous Community were Respected in this region Liverpool Ranges hey. Can (put an end or stop to) the project entirely I Demand. I've got a way Far better than Any of yours , which NEVER need Wind Farms, infrastructures made offshore, nor ships shipping Infrastructures en masse, nor trucks dragging blades and turbines port to property to site, nor quarries for roads and building wind turbines concrete bases, nor Roadworks En masse En masse En masse to each turbine etc etc etc and Add yes Add the Cumulative Impacts to this Land Liverpool Ranges. Far Better Way at Far Less Cost All round are Rooftops Only Policy for all wind and solar energy generation Now From Now in NSW and Australia I Demand. Please consider the Cost of Rooftops Only for all wind and solar energy generation to an UNnumbered number of RE projects gov.au may never stop all over Our, Australians Ours, Precious Precious Precious Farmlands including Liverpool Ranges Precious Precious Great Divide Plains Farmlands, Sacred to every Australian who Eats Food Note. Who did the Assessments on Costs to from Mines Australian, Global, to Asia to Newcastle to Rural regions far from big city coasts communities who will never understand the Costs involved in RE transition, Vast Vast Vast in area compared to a solely Rooftops Only for all wind and solar energy generation Policy for Australia. Rooftops Only for all wind and solar energy generation in Australia now from now I Demand I Demand I Demand because gov.au are Not interested in Australians nor Food nor Food Quality nor their Fellow Australians who GROW Food for the Nation. Protect what is Left, someone! Protect Ancient Song Lines, someone. Protect Our, Australians Ours, Food Production Regions from Renewables. Protect what is left of Upper Hunter Liverpool Ranges Vital Upper Tributary Catchments from Wind Farms. Now! Protect Aboriginal Cultural Heritage for once in this region, a once region abundant with Mob living with Nature nb. Where are Mob these days hey ? Well ? I am asking Indigenous Senators here. Significant is a particular area I have viewed in a photo offered by that [REDACTED] media entity, Renew Economy. It is right There, in that photo, in the link provided above. It is. Can ( put an end or stop to ) the LRQ project Now. Yes, can it, ie Cease and Desist Liverpool Range Quarry just for a Wind Farm dear oh dear oh dear. Yes, oh dear. Who will Pay in the end ? You will, gov.au. I will make sure of that. It will be On Your Conscience what you are doing to:- - Sacred Sites, completely Ignored in Cultural Heritage Assessments, hmmm. - Farmlands, - Sacred Sites Great Divide - Aboriginal Cultural Heritage - Elders - Lands Waterways and Communities Rural - your Fellow Australians you have No interest Nor Care for, do you. - Song Lines- a part of Aboriginal Cultural Heritage of course. - Great Divide. Anyone Notice Earthquakes in the region?? Anyone?? Hmmm. Hm. I wonder what from. Going Too Deep are we, gov.au. Tsk Tsk. Who will be responsible? Hmmm. Planners. Of course. Approvers. Of course. Watch Out Local Farmers! Someone wants your Country for Mining ! I OBJECT Vehemently to an open cut mine,yes, an open cut mine aka LRQ proposal, just for A Wind Farm. Really. How Dare You whoever you are doing Cultural Heritage assessments!! I hold you All Responsible those who support RE transition, and BESS, and Lithium Ion batteries in homes and cars - the Cost of it all, not just Financial!Hmmm. Dear oh dear. Includes You, Councils. How Dare You Harm and cause loss to your Region's Communities, growing Your Food you get Too Easily and Never Offer Gratitude For. Waterways Protect. Waterways Protect. Waterways Protect. Gov.au do not know How to Protect Waterways. Sack gov.au someone, I Demand. They have Not Considered Next 8 Generations the Indigenous ALWAYS did Note note note. Cease and Desist SSD-68063715, LRQ, a proposed hard rock quarry that would extract, process and transport up to 700,000 tonnes/annum of hard rock material to supply construction material to the approved Liverpool Range Wind Farm (LRWF) Project (SSD-6696). The future of a quarry designed solely to supply the enormous 1,332 megawatt (MW) Liverpool Range wind project is now in the hands of New South Wales’ (NSW) final planning arbiter, after the project collected 80 opposing submissions. Note "solely to supply" everyone. You cannot trust gov.au Ever. Proven. Proven. Note the quarry owner says the planning permit is only for the lifetime it is needed for the wind project, which does not include rehabilitation as a dump. Note that. Cease and Desist Harm and Loss to Sacred Sites Australian, someone, anyone, anyone, no, huh, why Mob? What are you up to Mob? Destroying Sacred Sites. Hmmm. Consequences are, hmmm...unknown. Always has been that way. 700,000 tonnes of hard rock for construction PER year for the Liverpool Ranges wind project for 5 years! Two Brand New Low Emissions Coal Fired Power Stations in on upon old sites can cost FAR FAR FAR Less than this One Wind Farm - Liverpool Range Wind Farm. Who is Budgeting NSW? I need them Under investigation Immediately. Who plans for Future Generations? No-one? Yes, No-one. What are you doing to us, gov.au, nsw.gov.au? Wasting wasting wasting Time and Money, Why? I Demand an Immediate Moratorium on All Wind Farms in Australia Immediately Immediately Immediately approved or not. Surely you know why by now. Wind Farms Dry Soil Over Time. Wind Farms Dry Soil Over Time. Wind Farms Dry Soil Over Time. What Will this region look like in 10 years time? Anyone want to know? I've been to Israel. 2018 I went. To research Israel Lands. I Demand an Immediate Moratorium on Wind Farms Immediately Immediately Immediately. Cease and Desist Coal Exports immediately, you bunch of Hypocrits! Build Coal Fired Power Stations From Now in NSW. NSW ONLY need Three Brand New Low Emissions Coal Fired Power Stations. ONLY Three. Built on old sites for Obvious reasons. For the BENEFIT of All Australians and All On Country Lands Waterways and Communities Australian and World's. Cease and Desist Wind Farms in Australia, somebody. Wind Farms Dry Soil Over Time. Proven. Proven. It is Already Proven. Get It ? No ? Here's a hint. Australia IS THE Driest Continent on Earth and Unlike Any other Continent on Earth. Take away those Song Lines you'll be Sorry. God Help Our Nation, in the Wrong Hands Absolutely, including Commissioners IPCN, Councils, staff, planners, and whoever is Approving Wind Farms in on upon The Driest Continent on Earth, Unlike Any other Continent on Earth. Know Your Lands and Waterways is The Message. Farmers know. You don't. Stop what you are doing to Sacred Country Great Divide Plains, gov.au, nsw.gov.au, or be Sorry. Song Lines are Significant Aboriginal Cultural Heritage yet are dismissed? Why ? Why ? Who Did the Cultural Heritage Assessments for this Project? Who did it? Save All Sacred Sites in Liverpool Ranges region somebody. Why Earthquakes? We don't get Earthquakes here. We don't. But there are. I Demand a Royal Commission into Net Zero, plus Wind Farms as a limited choice for Australia, why ? I do not want Hypocrits getting away with it you see. My Country is Precious to me. Precious. Precious. Precious. Very. Rooftops Only for all wind and solar energy generation in NSW and Australia Policy I Demand Immediately. SAVE OUR GREAT DIVIDE PLAINS REGIONS FROM WIND FARMS, I DEMAND.

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Please find attached my submission. Thanks for you time and consideration. Tom Shannon

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Formal Submission to the Independent Planning Commission Project: Liverpool Range Quarry (SSD-68063715) Date: 27Oct 2025 To: Independent Planning Commission NSW Email: [email protected] From: John Richard Referencing Report Department of Planning, Housing & Infrastructure October 2025 Liverpool Range Quarry SSD-68063715 Following meeting with IPC at Cassilis on 22 October, This DPHI report was given to me. Executive Summary page iv Amenity states ‘The nearest non-project associated receiver is 3.1km to the southwest’. To correct this, I assert that my non project associated boundary is 20metres from the Quarry project. My house may be about 3km away but my stock who will be adversely affected by blasting, noise, dust etc will be 20m from the Quarry and secondly, farmers do not stay in their houses 24/7. This is a serious misinterpretation of “amenity” and I strongly request a retraction and reassessment. Page 13 NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) – Water Group. Following review of the Submissions Report the Water Group noted their requirements had been adequately addressed and had no further comments. Water NSW “provided no further comment.” I respectfully request a review of the “requirements” – the bore on which the report relies does not exist. The Groundwater review is therefore invalid. The bore that attaches to WAL 27888 for up to 13ML of water per year is required to be metered and publicly monitored. Its original farm licence use is not for quarry use or dust suppression. Surface Water There is a reliance on the Blue Book based on Dubbo – 150km away. The contours of the site clearly show that runoff rain currently flows down gullies through Cooinda (and Tangaratta) to the Talbragar River. These very critical points were raised in original submission 38 (Nov 24) and not properly addressed in RTS pages 36, 37, 38. Umwelt Scoping report 6.1.7 Surface Water The Project Area is mapped as spanning the interfluve of the Macquarie River (west) and Goulburn River (east) catchments, which drain to the Darling River and Hunter River respectively. However, given the proposed quarry layout and partial location of the access road also being on the catchment divide, the quarry would ultimately drain to the Talbragar River, a tributary of the Macquarie River (refer to Figure 1.2). ENGENY report Page 10 2. SURFACE WATER CONTEXT 2.1 Catchment The Project is located within both the Macquarie-Bogan River Catchment, and the Hunter Catchment areas (refer to Figure 2.1). The proportion of the Project disturbance footprint area in each catchment is tabulated in Table 2.1. The vast majority of the Project disturbance footprint is located within the Macquarie-Bogan River Catchment, including the proposed extraction areas and associated final voids. The Macquarie-Bogan River Catchment covers an area of approximately 75,000 km2 within the Murray-Darling Basin and is regulated by two major storages in the upper catchment. The headwaters of the Macquarie River derive from the Great Dividing Range south of Bathurst, and the river flows in a north-westerly direction for 960 km until it joins the Barwon River, near Brewarrina. The catchment supports most Major Cities and Towns, with a diverse range of industry including agriculture, mining, tourism, and viticulture. The Hunter Catchment lies toward the east of the Great Dividing Range and contains an area of approximately 21,000 km2. The Hunter River provides water to a diverse range of water users, predominantly supporting towns, mining industries, and agricultural use land activities. The Goulburn River is a perennial river of the Hunter Catchment, located a significant distance south of the site. The total catchment area for the Project is around 11.5 ha which equates to 0.0001% of the Macquarie-Bogan River and Hunter Catchments. Reductions in downstream flow as a result of the diversion of the Project catchment is therefore likely to be negligible. This 2.1 blurb is a complete waste of space, contradicting the Umwelt Report that states that surface water from the proposed quarry drains to Talbragar River (which joins the Macquarie River at Dubbo) detailing the catchment divide. The Surface Water study on this EIS report needs to be retracted and properly researched in relation to this Deans Quarry project. Rather than relying on Blue Book on Dubbo, the assessment should take into consideration a flood event on or about 27November 2021, the Talbragar River in this Yarrawonga/ Tangaratta/ Cooinda/ Quindalup/ through to Tongy valley – Dunedoo, flooded in a rain event that was declared a Natural Disaster and flood damage grants from Rural Assistance Authority were granted to landowners along the Talbragar River. Photos attached (in first Submission) of damage – the floodwater went through during the night so there are no actual water photos but the debris line shows the width and depth of water that were reached. Using data from Dubbo “the closest town of Blue Book” seems a very convenient tool when Dubbo is where the Talbragar joins the Macquarie River, not anywhere near the source of the Talbragar River and the vicinity of Deans Quarry project. Further, the Engeny report mentions that the 680mm average rainfall suggests a “typically dry climate.” Australia’s average rainfall according to BOM is 419mm and given that Cassilis is 680mm, our area should not be classified as a “dry climate.” To dismiss the importance of the impacts of disturbance to the Surface Water runoff by claiming that the climate is “typically dry” is grossly inaccurate. Our property “Cooinda” and “Tangaratta” (being the property where the quarry is proposed) are both considered Biophysical Strategic Land and State Significant Agricultural Land. • Biophysical Strategic Agricultural Land (BSAL) is land with high quality soil and water resources capable of sustaining high levels of productivity. BSAL plays a critical role sustaining the State’s $12 billion agricultural industry. These lands intrinsically have the best quality landforms, soil and water resources which are naturally capable of sustaining high levels of productivity and require minimal management practices to maintain this high quality. • Criteria: Land that falls under soil fertility “high” or “moderately high” under the Draft Inherent General Fertility NSW (OEH) and Land Capability classes I,II, or III under the Land and Soil Capability Mapping of NSW (OEH) and reliable water of suitable quality, characterized by having rainfall of 350mm or more p.a. [Cassilis 609.6mm] 9 out of 10 years or properties within 150m of regulated river, or unregulated rivers where there are flows for at least 95% of the time or groundwater aquifers which have a yield rate greater than 5L/s and total dissolved solids less than 1500mg/L. • These areas are considered “rare” and are to be protected by NSW Government • Strategic Land Use Plan Upper Hunter • State of NSW through the Department of Planning and Infrastructure September 2012 • ISBN 978-=0-7313-3577-0

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Formal Submission to the Independent Planning Commission Project: Liverpool Range Quarry (SSD-68063715) Date: [Insert date] To: Independent Planning Commission NSW Email: [email protected] From: Carol Richard We made a presentation to IPC Panel at Cassilis on 22 October last. We were given a copy of DPHI Report dated October 2025 by the Panel and I refer to this report in my submission. Air quality Table 9 page 37 Nearest non-associated receiver at 3.1km is a fictional scenario. There is a 20metre buffer zone between our boundary and the quarry. Dot point 5 Given the small timescale of the project – The LRWF has been mooted since 2009 at which time we said emphatically NO. We love our farm, our river, our lifestyle and our communities of Cassilis and Coolah. We bought Cooinda in 1975 and invested everything into improving the property, and raising our children to appreciate a rural lifestyle and serve their communities. Now, in 2025, after 50 years and at age 80 and 87, the Department flippantly discounts the trauma we are undergoing with the threat to our livelihood and farm assets, our environment and country way of life, with a seven word statement – given the small timescale of the project. It was a huge blow to us when the Deans Quarry proposal suddenly appeared to threaten our farm and livelihood. Already, we had been fraught with anxiety for over a decade with the prospect of construction works along Turee Vale Rd where we live off farm in a house quite close to the road. Since living in this location since 1988, this road’s daily traffic consists of school bus, depending on whether stationhands with family live on or off the farm, shearing contractors twice a year, stock trucks possibly monthly, mail car 3 days a week, neighbours to town, bi-monthly fuel truck, Council vehicle or plant once a year. I have a huge file since 2009 and an article from The Land newspaper, April 28, 2011 states “Epuron (who began the Liverpool Range Wind Farm) is acting within the terms of a Land & Environment Court decision last year (2010) which said the company must either buy properties deemed to be adversely affected by the presence of turbines, or reduce the number of turbines.” This article relates to the Gullen Range Wind Farm at Crookwell and covers the story of a couple receiving an ultimatum letter from the developer giving them 3 months to decide whether to sell or put up with the turbines. Twelve other landholders on properties adjacent to the turbines have also received the same ultimatum. Article attached. As a family, we moved off farm in 1988 to a house in Turee Vale Rd in order for a stationhand to live on farm at Cooinda. This house, D7-4 Non- Associated dwelling is on a one way road to turbines and internal transmission line between the Coolah Creek Rd turbines and the Cassilis cluster. Originally there was to be a batching plant on this road also and we were advised of 55 truck movements a day – X 2, one way road. When we expressed our horror, we were told that if this number was exceeded, we could notify the Company. We told them that they needed to buy us out – their reply was to bring Sonus equipment to measure noise levels for comparison then, and in construction. We have repeatedly said that we can no longer live in our house with all the construction traffic and turbines just across the Turee Creek from us. TILT, our only likely purchaser, has said that they do not buy, only lease properties. Leasing would not enable us to settle elsewhere. TILT has bought a property on Coolah Creek Rd and a shopfront in Coolah, purportedly, so this non acquisition stance is not valid. Is the 2010 ruling (to buy out affected landholders) by Land & Environment Court still valid or been swept away by State Significant legislation? Note: Our son and his family now live on Cooinda farm in a house that we built for them when they married, 2008. DPHI October 2025 Assessment report Ch.6 page 16 6.1 Traffic 45. Key issues in public submissions and Warrumbungle Shire Council, particularly. 6.1.1 Traffic Impact Assessment There is no specific information of route to be taken from Quarry. Rotherwood Road loops to Vinegaroy Road – one route shortens the distance to Coolah, crossing a low level culvert over the Talbragar River. Other option, at the (eastern) end of Rotherwood Rd at the top of Cassilis township, turn right onto gravel road reaching Vinegaroy Road between the junction of Golden Highway and Talbragar River bridge. Umwelt Scoping Report Deans Quarry February 2024. 1.2.3 Transportation of quarry material page 5 is very ambiguous. Initially LRWF aggregate would be transported from Dubbo direction on Golden Highway presumably utilizing Vinegaroy Rd – extensive upgrade works at intersection in progress. Now, if Golden Highway is still to be used, the quarry trucks would turn left at the end of Rotherwood Rd, through the township of Cassilis, up to 118 laden per day (X2 for empty movements) to join the Golden Highway at Cassilis intersection to travel to Vinegaroy intersection. DPHI October 2025 Assessment report Ch.6 page 17,18 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 to 25 6.1.5 Summary No delineated route “Department considers that the traffic management and transport impacts of the project are manageable and acceptable”. I find this result unconscionable. DPHI October 2025 Assessment report Ch.6 page 29 6.2.4 Serious and Irreversible Impacts (SAII) There is NO consideration of Biophysical Strategic Agricultural Land and/or State Significant Agricultural Land 132. Consequently, the Department considers the projects impacts are acceptable given they would be suitably managed, mitigated and offset. There is no way to Offset this land 6.2.6 page 33. Gross oversight. 6.3 Other issues Table 9 pages 36-45 Noise and Blasting Again, I reiterate, that valuable livestock can be 20metres from the quarry over my boundary fence. Animals are far more sensitive to noise and ground vibration than most humans. It is well documented that animals are alarmed by seismic occurrences well before humans feel anything. Any stampeding of stock in this hill country could be disastrous. It is irrelevant that my farm house is 3km away. Noise Point 6 page 36 Traffic related noise – until the exact transport route is delineated, “closest receiver to Rotherwood Road” is pure speculation. Cassilis township needs to be excluded from any transport plan. Another aspect of Air Quality overlooked is the propensity of gravel roads and dust raising that will surround the LRWF project with figures given on Page 18 – • 118 laden per day during peak construction – X 2 with empty trucks • 80 laden per day for all other construction periods • 20 heavy vehicle movements per hour • Other vehicle movements associated with maintenance works and employees (page 19, 20). 8-12 light vehicles per day. Bulk fuel supplies not mentioned specifically, “self bunded fuel storage.” Dust raising is a high safety concern Page 25 6.1.5 Summary 76. The Department acknowledges that construction traffic impacts are a key concern of the community. 77. The Department notes: That the overall number of heavy vehicle movements proposed to be used to haul quarry product from the quarry to the Wind Farm during construction would not change and have already been approved under the Wind Farm consent. I strongly oppose this statement as the aggregate was planned to come along Golden Highway from Dubbo (west) direction. The new scenario is completely different with the majority of turbines being nearer Coolah than Cassilis (east) so that a completely new Traffic Impact plan and Traffic Management Plan and road modifications schedule are required AFTER the exact route is delineated. Great store is made of the fact that haulage distances are reduced by 17 million km over the life of the quarry. The Department acknowledgment of the redistribution of traffic Page 18, is heartening to us, but the resulting outcome is not spelt out, nor is there any real local impact study. 6.2.2 Existing environment Again, I reiterate, this is Biophysical Strategic Land and State Significant Agricultural Land and even a site inspection was apparently down played to “largely skeletal soil profile, subject to extensive grazing.” 83/84. 85. Some of these named landforms occur on our property below the quarry boundary. 86. The Department notes that other locations for the quarry were considered within the Wind Farm development consent boundary – I would respectfully suggest that the 20metre buffer to my boundary should be considered an impediment to this quarry development as we are “non-project associated receivers” and strongly oppose this encroachment onto our boundary. The impacts on water, both surface and groundwater, are not identified, the noise, dust and blasting effects are threats to our livelihood and the devaluation to our property is immense. 6.2.4 Serious and Irreversible Impacts It is commendable that Box Gum woodland is so highly delineated and measured by experts such as Dr Driscoll and covered with offsets but the social impacts on my family, our communities and the welfare of neighbours are not considered nor investigated. In 2017, 55,000ha of our area was burnt in the Sir Ivan Fire, with 26 homes lost, 66 outbuildings, one historic church and village hall, major stock losses and estimated 7000km of fencing. At this time, 2025, we have no answers about how aerial fire fighting would occur with all the towers and transmission lines causing serious safety concerns – and what insurances are liable – is it the landholders’ responsibility if turbines or transmission lines start a fire? Volunteers protect our communities with Rural Fire Service and Volunteer Rescue Association responding to other accident emergencies. While mines have a dedicated 24/7 fully trained and equipped Mines Rescue Service, Renewables have nothing more than First Aiders. There exists a pathway for Mines Rescue Service (local Ulan) to assist in the case of a disaster, but this authorization is required to be in place, Minister to Minister BEFORE a disaster occurs. There is a dearth of forward planning, a severe lack of consideration of local conditions and disregard of turning a rural environment into what resembles an industrial estate with doubling of local populations in workers’ camps putting pressure on already stretched health and other services. Warrumbungle Shire Council has not had their concerns alleviated to any extent over road maintenance and workers’ camps impacts. Our individual voices do not seem to warrant much attention and it is extremely worrying that Council is being sidelined as well. Community concerns are being left to a very few to elaborate. Last Wednesday you heard from Kathryn Reynolds who said “there’s been no cumulative impact study completed by the NSW Government. It should be a consent condition that no further projects in this area are approved until a cumulative impact study is done. We want a cumulative impact study on the roads, the environment, the social aspects”. There is also need for an economic study of the impacts of renewables on food supplies for the future. Large tracts of land are taken up for solar and windfarms and productive farms dissected by transmission lines – all on the best, easily accessible farmlands - Biophysical Strategic Agricultural Land and State Strategic Agricultural Land with easy access to abattoirs, grain receival points and markets. It is imperative that all levels of government realise Australia's fuel reserves are dangerously low, with approximately 28 days of petrol, 24 days of diesel, and 20 days of jet fuel in storage. The country is heavily reliant on imported fuel, with only two domestic refineries remaining, and falls significantly short of the 90-day oil reserve obligation under its International Energy Agency (IEA) treaty. Experts warn that this low level of reserves leaves Australia vulnerable to supply chain disruptions, potentially impacting everything from grocery shelves to essential services. Add fuel requirements for LRWF and Deans Quarry for • 118 laden per day during peak construction – X 2 with empty trucks • 80 laden per day for all other construction periods • 20 heavy vehicle movements per hour Other vehicle movements associated with maintenance works and employees (page 19, 20). 8-12 light vehicles per day. Casual observation of fuel tanker movements already on Golden Highway for mines, Dubbo and westwards, and currently heavy harvest demand, more planning by Federal Government needs to immediately occur.

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6396

New South Wales 2843

26/10/2025

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IPC submission Liverpool Range open cut mine.pdf (PDF, 522.93 KB)

6406

New South Wales 2843

26/10/2025

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My property 'Turee' has approx. 4km frontage onto Vinegaroy Road, and is less than 1 km to Rotherwood Road which will be the entry point for heavy quarry traffic onto Vinegaroy Road for construction of the Liverpool Range Industrial Wind (LRIW) development. Our main entrance for all traffic including trucks at harvest time is on our boundary with Vinegaroy Road. The increase in traffic for this development compared to current levels will be enormous. The real world baseline for comparison purposes is traffic volume of say the recent 3 year average. The developer however, claims that the traffic increase will be less than if the gravel was brought in from say Dubbo, and therefore the traffic will be lower. This claim is clearly absurd as any traffic increase must be compared to the recent actual average traffic, not some other hypothetical baseline that has never existed. The huge increase in traffic on Vinegaroy Road has the potential to cause great disruption for our family and business. Exponential increases in traffic will likely cause delays at harvest time, where truck turn around times are critical to our harvest management. The large increase in traffic will lead to further road damage. We understand that other local roads including Coolah Creek Road and Turee Vale Road are already breaking up from increased developer traffic. We no now understand that this has led to the planned demotion of these bitumen roads back to gravel as they will become too dangerous as they break up. Upon questioning of the relevant authorities, the demotion from bitumen to gravel has not been ruled out for Vinegaroy Road either. The large increase in heavy traffic will pose real danger to human lives, as well as major disruption to farming businesses such as ours. This could be largely avoided if the LRIW developer were made to build their own internal main road from the Cassilis end on the east to the western end of the project. This would have kept much of the damage and danger off the public roads. On a macro level, this and all 'renewable' projects in Australia will have no effect on our ever changing climate. Our former chief scientist admitted shutting down the entire Australian economy will have virtually no effect on total global emissions or the climate as Australia is too small to have any effect either way. So all this destruction to regional communities, environments and our beautiful landscapes will only give us increasing electricity prices and unreliability of supply, and the continued deindustrializing of Australia. Various media outlets and developer propaganda units keep pushing out misinformation and straight out lies for their own ideology and even financial gain, even though they live nowhere near any of the unfolding nightmare they advocate for, and they clearly do not care about all of us who have been put in the firing line of all this catastrophic damage.

6221

New South Wales 2329

20/10/2025

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I wish to formally raise my objections to the proposed quarry development planned near our property boundary. The proposed operation poses serious and long-term impacts on our family’s health, lifestyle, farming operations, property value, and the local environment. 1. Vibration, Blasting, and Structural Impacts Regular blasting and heavy machinery will cause strong vibration and noise that will travel through the surrounding land and air. These vibrations pose a real risk of structural damage to our home and outbuildings, including cracking of walls, shifting of foundations, and damage to water tanks and fences. The noise and shockwaves from blasting will also cause significant distress to both residents and livestock. Animals are highly sensitive to vibration and loud noise, which can lead to behavioural changes, injury, and reduced productivity. Repeated blasting will make it increasingly difficult to maintain a safe and calm environment for both people and animals on our property. 2. Land Stability and Erosion The excavation and removal of large volumes of material will disrupt the natural stability of the surrounding land. This could cause increased erosion, slippage, and runoff onto neighbouring properties. Once the landscape is disturbed, it is extremely difficult to restore or stabilise. These impacts will not only degrade our land but also affect the long-term sustainability of our farming operations. 3. Watercourse and Drainage Impacts The quarry’s alteration of landform and drainage patterns poses serious risks to local waterways. Changes in natural runoff could lead to flooding, sediment build-up, and contamination of creeks or dams. This would affect water quality, pasture growth, and the health of local flora and fauna. Any contamination or diversion of water could have direct consequences for our ability to farm effectively and maintain environmental balance on our property. 4. Dust, Air Quality, and Health Impacts Dust generated from blasting, crushing, and truck movements will significantly degrade air quality. Fine particulate matter, especially silica dust, can travel over long distances and enter homes, water sources, and livestock feed. Members of our household suffer from asthma and immune-related health issues, which would be made worse by continual exposure to airborne dust and pollutants. The dust could trigger asthma attacks, respiratory irritation, and other health complications, particularly during dry and windy conditions when dust drift is most severe. 5. Noise and Visual Amenity Noise from blasting, crushing, truck movements, reversing alarms, and machinery will destroy the quiet rural character of the area. Blasting in particular is intrusive and unpredictable, creating sudden loud impacts that can cause anxiety and startle both people and animals. The visual impact of the quarry — with open excavation areas, dust plumes, and industrial equipment — will also severely diminish the scenic and rural quality of the surrounding landscape. The natural views and peaceful environment that define our property will be replaced with a noisy, industrial setting. 6. Impact on Day-to-Day Farming Operations Our property is a working farm, and our daily operations depend on calm conditions and reliable access. The increase in heavy vehicle traffic, dust deposition, and vibration from blasting will make many routine farming tasks more difficult and unsafe. Livestock may become unsettled or stressed from noise and vibration, making handling and breeding more challenging. Dust settling on pastures, feed, and water can reduce quality and pose health risks to animals. BRD (bovine respiratory disease) In addition, truck movements and blasting schedules could interfere with machinery use, fencing, and general on-property work. These impacts will directly affect our productivity and income. 7. Traffic and Road Safety The quarry will bring a substantial increase in heavy truck movements on local rural roads. These roads are narrow and not designed for high-frequency industrial traffic. This presents safety hazards for residents, farm machinery, and school buses. Dust and debris from trucks will also spread along the road and adjacent properties, further worsening air quality and visibility. 8. Loss of Rural Amenity and Property Enjoyment The peaceful, rural atmosphere of our home — one of the main reasons we live here — will be lost. The ongoing noise, dust, vibration, and industrial activity will prevent us from enjoying outdoor areas, entertaining, or even working on the property without disruption. The intrusion will have lasting effects on our lifestyle, mental health, and overall well-being. 9. Property Value Impacts A quarry operating so close to our boundary will significantly reduce our property’s market value. Prospective buyers are unlikely to purchase land adjacent to an industrial site due to the associated environmental, health, and lifestyle impacts. This loss of amenity and desirability will make it extremely difficult to sell or refinance during the quarry’s five-year construction and operation phase, or even after it ceases operation. Conclusion The proposed quarry development near our boundary presents unacceptable risks to our home, health, farming operations, and way of life. The combined effects of blasting vibration, noise, dust, erosion, watercourse changes, and heavy traffic will permanently alter the rural landscape and degrade the living conditions for nearby residents. Given the health vulnerabilities in our household and the essential role of our land for farming, we strongly object to this proposal. We urge the assessment body to refuse approval in order to protect the safety, health, and long-term sustainability of our local community and environment.

6671

Australian Resource Development Group Pty Limited

New South Wales 2280

29/10/2025

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Letter to IPC - 2025.10.29 redacted.pdf (PDF, 1.65 MB)

6346

Cassilis District Development Group

New South Wales 2329

24/10/2025

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The Cassilis District Development Group supports, in principle, the Liverpool Range Quarry as a source of hard rock material for the construction of the Liverpool Range Wind Farm, however, would like to highlight some issues we find problematic with the development. Keeping as much development as possible within the Liverpool Range Wind Farm footprint is seen as a positive outcome for the impacted Cassilis community. The reduction of vehicular movement on the public road system, reduced greenhouse gas emission from vehicular movement and additional employment opportunities are seen as positive outcomes from the proposed development for the Cassilis Community. It is the Cassilis District Development Groups’ wish however, that the developer enters into a Planning Agreement with the impacted Upper Hunter Shire Council and Warrumbungle Shire Councils. It is highly unlikely the current Liverpool Range Wind Farm Voluntary Planning Agreement 2025 will provide adequate funding for the upgrade and consequential maintenance of the public road systems used by Liverpool Range Quarry traffic. If a Planning Agreement is not entered into between the Liverpool Range Quarry and the Upper Hunter Shire Council, Council could be left with hefty maintenance expenses for roads used by quarry traffic, sacrificing maintenance on other roads covered by Tilt Renewable’s VPA’s. Furthermore, if the proponent modifies the Development Application in the future to include other customers, a Planning Agreement should be required. Therefore, it would appear prudent to enter into a Planning Agreement at the onset of Liverpool Range Quarry operations. Liverpool Range Wind Farm Project Social Impact and Management Overview Report under- reports on Cassilis community infrastructure, ignoring for example that Cassilis Public School exists. "In terms of community infrastructure, Cassilis has a library (open once a week for five hours (Upper Hunter Libraries, 2022), and the closest school and hospital is located in Merriwa which is around a 30-minute drive away" (Umwelt LIVERPOOL RANGE WIND FARM PROJECT Social Impact and Management Overview 2.4.2.2 p11). In addition to a library Cassilis has a school, community hall, tennis courts, Bowling Club, recreational park and other community recreational facilities that draw residents to Cassilis via Rotherwood and Vinegaroy Rd. Coolah hospital, school, pre-school and sporting activities are also around a 30-minute drive away from Cassilis, drawing families from Cassilis to Coolah. Access to Coolah is via Rotherwood and Vinegaroy Roads, the two roads significantly impacted by the Liverpool Range Quarry. A safety aspect overlooked is the Coolah school bus collection and turning point on the Rotherwood Rd and Yarrawonga Rd intersection. The section of Rotherwood road from Talbragar River to the Yarrawonga intersection is currently gravel and gets extremely dusty in dry weather, causing poor visibility. There is no designated pull off area or signage for the bus stop. Additional heavy traffic will increase the risk of accidents due to poor visibility, lack of signage and no designated pull off or turning area for the school bus. The Cassilis District Development Group is troubled by the lack of investment and accountability by both State and Federal Governments to identify and quantify the cumulative environmental, social and economic impacts arising from REZ-related activities. The lack of meaningful detail on cumulative impacts and how they will be remedied by Government and the developers is of deep concern to the Cassilis community. There appears to be no independent moderator with capacity to check the validity of private enterprise data and reports used in the Development Application process for State Significant Developments. Regrettably, we see many mistakes, under- reporting and omissions in the Environmental Impact Studies, particularly when ‘desk top analysis’ is used. It is difficult to get ground truthing and inaccuracies corrected in the reports. In summary, the Cassilis District Development Group supports the Liverpool Range Quarry development, however, would like a Planning Agreement between impacted shire councils to address road maintenance costs; signage and pull off area for the school bus; accurate data collection and reporting; and a process that identifies environmental, economic and social cumulative impacts and how adverse impacts will be remediated.

6376

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24/10/2025

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Submission for Liverpool Range Quarry As a local resident who has been involved with the Liverpool Range Wind Farm Community Consultative Committee I am writing to support the development of the Liverpool Range Quarry. Australian Resources and Development Group Pty Ltd (ARD)held a meeting is Cassilis explaining the development of the quarry over two years ago and there was very little comment about the quarry. It appeared most residents thought it was a good idea to have the quarry in the footprint of the Liverpool Range Wind Farm as it would reduce the number of heavy vehicles travelling on local highways and roads. Concerns raised were around the long-term environmental costs and visual amenity however the plan put forward to make the quarry less visible and to rehabilitate the land afterwards overcame these issues. The quarry will be located on private land and its position will mean shorter trips for heavy vehicles and less traffic travelling on local roads that are outside the footprint. This seemed to be a win for the community of Cassilis. However with any development there are costs and it is appreciated that the roads they will be travelling on will be heavily impacted and will need to be constantly monitored and maintained. This will require ARD to work closely with the Upper Hunter Shire Council and Tllt Renewables to ensure that the roads are fit for local residents to use and access while development is going on. With this in mind it is hoped that if necessary some of the gravel from the quarry could be used for those local roads to maintain their base and reduce the cost for Upper Hunter Shire Council and Warrumbungles Council in carting gravel to maintain the roads from further distances. I realise this has not been proposed in the original EIS and agreement with TILT Renewables however during the development phase of the project it seems appropriate that gravel from this quarry if suitable should be accessed by Councils and used to maintain the roads that are being used to reduce the travel distance and cost for both Councils to assist with road maintenance. As a local resident I support the development of the Liverpool Range Quarry by ARD on the condition that the roads used within the footprint of the Liverpool Range Wind Farm are appropriately maintained to allow local residents to access local services. Tilt and ARD could assist in this by providing access to gravel from the quarry to reduce costs for the local councils who will be responsible for this maintenance.

6161

Precision Drill and Blast

New South Wales 2320

15/10/2025

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Our business supports the proposed Liverpool Range Quarry in full. If the quarry is to progress, there will be services that we can potentially provide for a period of the project duration. This in turn secures via constant work flow, the job security of our direct employees that will provide their skills to the project as well as our suppliers employees. This has a far reaching effect both locally in the regional business that we would use to provide products and services from oil and fuel to accomodation and mechanical services. The suppliers of our major products would provide an additional employment to their field technicians on a monthly basis.