Stop Minns’ special coal law

The Premier wants to change the law for one coal mine after it lost in court. Email your local MP today and tell them to vote no.

Last week, NSW Premier Chris Minns announced something extraordinary. His government will pass special laws so the Mount Pleasant coal mine can increase production by 30%*. This undermines the High Court's first ever climate case ruling, that ruled decision makers must consider climate pollution, including from coal burned overseas.

This goes well beyond one mine. The High Court's ruling sets a precedent for coal and gas projects across NSW and the …

The Premier wants to change the law for one coal mine after it lost in court. Email your local MP today and tell them to vote no.

Last week, NSW Premier Chris Minns announced something extraordinary. His government will pass special laws so the Mount Pleasant coal mine can increase production by 30%*. This undermines the High Court's first ever climate case ruling, that ruled decision makers must consider climate pollution, including from coal burned overseas.

This goes well beyond one mine. The High Court's ruling sets a precedent for coal and gas projects across NSW and the country, and changing the law sets a dangerous precedent for our democracy. It would show our government is willing to intervene on judicial rulings on behalf of a coal company.

You’re already paying for coal pollution.

Landslides, washed-out bridges, homes that can’t be insured, and rising energy and food bills are all costs of global warming that we’re already paying, and this law would make them worse.

Instead of listening, the Premier is overruling the experts, the courts and the planning system to help a coal company. Tell your MP no to Minns' coal laws.

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I’m writing as one of your constituents in [electorate or suburb] to ask you to oppose the Government’s proposed special legislation for the Mount Pleasant coal mine.

This law would let one company expand production by around 30% by going around the state’s planning system, after it lost in court. Former Supreme Court judge Anthony Whealy has called it “reprehensible.” Laws written to overturn a court result for a single company damage public trust in our planning system and our courts. He also said there is no evidence the jobs the Government is pointing to are under threat.

The mine can already keep operating through to 2032.

I’m also concerned about the Government’s plan to limit how planning authorities consider the climate impact of mining and burning NSW coal. In December last year, the Government’s own climate advisers warned that continued coal mine extensions and expansions are not consistent with the targets in the NSW Climate Change Act.

My community is already paying the costs of global warming through extreme weather, rising insurance premiums, and higher energy and food bills. More coal pollution will only add to them.

As a parent I want a future where my kids have clean air, good jobs, and a community worth growing up in.

Please tell me: will you vote against this legislation, and will you raise these concerns with the Premier?

I look forward to your reply.

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