Wollombi Valley Against Gas Extraction

Date: 14-Jun-09
Author: Hunter Valley Protection Alliance
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AGL ENERGY

Buys two more properties in Broke/Bulga.
Forcing the community to unite against them.

AGL ENERGY, has purchased two further properties in the Broke and Bulga areas.

It has bought the property known as Spring Mountain on the Cessnock Road/Oakley Lane at Broke;  it has bought the sand mining property at Bulga.

So if you live near either of these two properties be aware that AGL ENERGY keeps it options open as to whether or not it will eventually construct a gas processing plant on any of the properties it has bought. AGL ENERGY has not yet disclosed how many wells it proposes to drill on those properties.

And Alan Jurd from Jurds Real Estate has said: "If the proposed mining is located in close proximity to residential or rural residential areas then the effect on property prices could be devastating. If the impact was severe it could result in property in that vicinity becoming unsaleable."

And, it appears, that AGL ENERGY is becoming as devious as Sydney Gas ever was.

How about this for example:

1. The Land and Property Manager, the junior employee of AGL ENERGY who has been given the task of leading AGL ENERGY at the Community Consultative Committee, told the last CCC meeting that they had bought these two properties; that in addition they had one Access Agreement in place; and that at this point in time they had no intention of making any further land acquisitions.
2. In another forum, on almost the same day, senior executives of AGL ENERGY declared: that they intend to purchase another 2 properties; that they have 32 Access Agreements in place; that they plan to achieve everything they want in the Broke/Bulga area.

So much for truth! So much for Community Consultation. AGL ENERGY is attempting to do exactly what it wants and ignoring the community consultation process. It was stated by Singleton Council representatives that this CCC may make history with both the community and Council walking away from it.

AGL ENERGY claims on its website "our success is shaped and measured not only by the financial outcomes of what we do, but by the social and environmental impact our decisions and actions have on the wider community." BUT they are focused, it appears, entirely on "the financial outcomes of what we do."

WHAT MOTHERHOOD NONSENSE.  This is a CALL TO ACTION for all of us to oppose AGL in every way we can.

PO Box 120 Broke NSW 2330
PH 0400 456 374
www.huntervalleyprotectionalliance.com