‘PEOPLE power’ was both necessary and urgent to counteract the efforts of ‘professional’ lobbyists campaigning to restrict or even shut down the coal industry in the Lithgow area and around NSW, a public meeting in Lithgow was told on Tuesday night.
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The meeting was told that around 800 submissions had gone to the State Planning Minister, Brad Hazzard, most of them opposing mining in general and the Cullen Bullen Coalpac venture in particular.
For more on the meeting including how speaker Dr Richard Stiles had to be safely escorted from it read today's paper.
MEETING DRAWS A CROWD: Attentive listeners hear the call for people power