Current e-Petitions for the Legislative Council

Mining in the Northern Jarrah Forest by South32

Eligibility : Residents of Western Australia Only

To the President and Members of the Legislative Council of the Parliament of Western Australia in Parliament assembled. We the undersigned ...

Strongly oppose the expansion of strip mining for bauxite in the Northern Jarrah Forest by South32. We ask the Legislative Council to call for a halt to further expansions until a full investigation of the negative environmental, social and greenhouse gas emission impacts already being felt by local communities from South32’s current operations has been completed, including:
1. changes to local hydrology and drying farm bores;
2. damage to surrounding agricultural land and listed cultural heritage sites;
3. increasing dust levels;
4. failed rehabilitation;
5. loss of tourism opportunities; and
6. insisting on all ethnographic and archaeological studies be completed by correct indigenous elders throughout the expansion area.
We also urge the Legislative Council to call for a halt to all mining activity in the Quindanning Timber Reserve until a comprehensive Recovery Plan is in place to protect the endangered Quindanning Spider Orchid (Caladenia hopperiana) from the direct and indirect impacts of mining.

And your petitioners as in duty bound, will ever pray.