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JUMP TO OUR STAKEHOLDER STATEMENT FORM, MP LETTER SUBMISSION TOOLS AND VOLUNTEER FORM.
Learn more about our current calls to action in the list.
Mining companies are rapidly progressing with exploration and funding, and are preparing for extraction.
Please join us - Check out our current calls to action to find ways to help save our rivers, protect our water, and care for our catchment. Every action counts. A United community gets results!
Please act now to protect the environmental, cultural, social, and economic wellbeing of the Clarence Catchment.
JUMP TO the NSW Minister’s contact page links, letter writing help, our volunteer sign up, and stakeholder statement submission form.
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Flood the ministers with the care we have for our catchment.
JUMP TO THE CCA letter template and the links to the Ministers contact pages.
In NSW, the Department of Regional NSW (specifically the Mining, Exploration, and Geoscience Division) is responsible for assessing and approving mineral mining leases. Several key ministers and government agencies are involved in the approval process for mineral mining leases, including:
Key Ministers:
Minister for Planning and Public Spaces (Paul Scully): Responsible for assessing major mining projects, including environmental impact assessments and land use considerations.
Minister for Regional NSW (Tara Moriarty): Oversees mining regulations and approvals through the Department of Regional NSW.
Minister for Environment and Heritage (Penny Sharpe): Involved in assessing the environmental impacts of mining projects and ensuring conservation compliance.
Minister for Water & the North Coast (Rose Jackson): Responsible for water resources and ensuring mining does not harm water quality and availability.
PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR A LETTER EXAMPLE AND THE MINISTERS CONTACT PAGE LINKS.
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Are you a concerned local individual, leader or business owner who would be directly impacted by mining. Or are you being impacted now by mining exploration right now?
Formally submit your opposition to mining in the Clarence Catchment with the CCA.
For many years now the CCA has been collecting stakeholder statements as formal evidence that our community has granted NO SOCIAL LICENCE FOR MINING IS OUR CATCHMENT.
We have 12 pages collated and we would love to add your voice to our evidence.
We supply these statements to Ministers and MP's, and will be sending them to mining CEO's, as evidence our community has granted NO SOCIAL LICENCE, so this is a very important way to assist the campaign.
Whether it's your cultural, social, environmental, or economic wellbeing being threatened we'd love to hear from you formally.
Please fill in our stakeholder statement form below so we can formally lodge your opposition to mining in the Clarence Catchment on your behalf.
Make your voice count today.
If you are a group please use the form on the CCA Allies page to formally register to stand alongside the CCA in our mission.
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Would you like to get more actively involved? Please fill in our volunteers form or email us at stopcangaimine@gmail.com
Do you have time or a particular skill that would help? We are currently looking for doers and leaders, helpers and facilitators. Jump down to the form to see what you can help with.
Or if you have other ideas on how you could assist let us know.
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Are you part of a group or organisation passionate about protecting the environment, flora, fauna, culture, or community wellbeing? Join forces with us to safeguard the Clarence Catchment from mining by becoming an official CCA ally, alongside groups like Surfers for Climate, Surfrider Aus, Revive the Northern Rivers, and the Clarence Environment Centre. Simply fill out our allies form and email us your logo to be added to our allies list. We are stronger united! Check them all out here.
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Get Creative for the Catchment
Volunteering for the CCA Jacaranda Festival float is a fantastic way to support the protection of our region's natural beauty and resources.
By getting involved, you'll help raise awareness about the vital need to protect the Clarence Catchment from harmful mining activities while showcasing the cultural and environmental importance of this area.
It's a fun, community-driven opportunity to connect with like-minded individuals, contribute to a meaningful cause, and celebrate the Jacaranda Festival, all while helping to ensure the wellbeing of our local environment for future generations.
Here’s some ideas we’d love help with to get started. We only have 2 months as the float procession is the 2nd November.
Here are some creative ways the community could contribute to designing and building the CCA Jacaranda Festival float:
Students: Paint colorful signs or decorations using eco-friendly materials, or nature-themed artwork. Assist with design, painting, and construction.
Local Artists: Design eye-catching features or lead decoration workshops.
Community Groups: Donate sustainable materials or supplies.
Aged Care Residents: Handcraft decorations like fabric native flowers or banners.
Local Businesses: Sponsor materials or volunteer manpower.
Crafting Enthusiasts: Lead workshops or help with float construction.
Local Musicians: Play tunes on our float.
Truck or long trailer owners: Please lend us your rig!
By bringing the community together, everyone can play a meaningful role in creating a float that reflects our shared commitment to protecting the Clarence Catchment.
If this is something you’d like to get involved in or know how to facilitate please fill out our volunteer form (link below) or for more info please email our awesome CCA volunteer Rob.CCAjacafestival@gmail.com 🌿
This is going to be FUN and we can’t wait to meet you!
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Make a tax deductible CCA donation directly through our website (DONATE NOW) or through gofundme.com
We are a not for profit and all funds raised go back into the campaign.
We are currently raising money to fund a CCA delegation trip to NSW Parliament to speak with the Ministers responsible for mining, environment and water.
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Grab a sign from CCA outlets for FREE, and 'put it on ya fence' to show support.
Or purchase a sticker, T-shirt, hat patch or bag with our logo on it.
THEN Take a photo of it, post it on social media & tag the CCA & relevant NSW MPs to show them our community continues to be united.
USE@nominesclarencevalley @clarencecatchmentalliance @pennysharpemlc @paulscullymp @tara.moriarty @rosejackson
#nominesclarencevalley #nominesclarencecatchment #clarencecatchmentalliance #pennysharpemlc #paulscullymp #taramoriarty #rosejacksonmlc
Show the Ministers we are a united community.
We will repost and share all content you post. So please help us flood the ministers with the care we have for our catchment.
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Have the CCA present a talk at your local club, organisation, group or home. We would love to collaborate and share what's going on with you. Grab a venue and a crowd and we will come to you! Just email us.
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Purchase a sticker, Tshirt, hat, woven patch, bag or sign from CCA outlets & online. Take a photo of them, post it on social media & tag us and the MPs responsible. See NSW Mps above for who to tag.
CCA OUTLETS:
Grafton: Go Vita, Shopping World
Grafton: Twilight Market
Grafton: Heart & Soul Wholefood Cafe, 124 Prince Street
Illuka: Iluka Emporium
Lawrence: Lawrence General Store
Maclean: Maclean Outdoor, 255 River Street
Yamba: Farmers' Market
Yamba: Yamba Organics
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Join and keep an eye on our Facebook Group and Instagram for upcoming events and news.
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Share your views & pictures, discuss, debate & stay up to date. Inform others & have important conversations.
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We'd love some fact finding help. If you'd like to contribute please fill in our volunteers form below.
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The Clarence Catchment would love your HELP!
Please lend your voice to those that have none - our local waterways, water supply, flora, fauna, land, air and sea.
If you would like to assist us please fill in the form. We can’t wait to meet you.
Let’s protect our home on behalf of past and future generations to come.
GET ACTIVE NOW
Want to formally lodge your opposition to mineral mining in the Clarence Catchment with the CCA?
Submit an official STAKEHOLDER STATEMENT using our easy submission form.
If you are concerned about the threat of mineral mining in the Clarence Catchment tell us how your environmental, social, cultural and or economic wellbeing is threatened by mineral exploration or mineral mining in the Clarence Catchment.
Statements are collated and presented to NSW Ministers, MPs and mining CEOs by the CCA. Statements form tangible evidence proving the community has granted NO SOCIAL LICENCE!
Make your voice count. Protect the Clarence Catchment and the community’s environmental, social, cultural, and economic wellbeing.
The CCA has already compiled 12 pages of statements. These were presented in 2022 and 2023 already but we will continue to collect and present them each year to policy makers and lease holders.
With thanks, support and gratitude.
If you are a community or environmental group, please submit your opposition on the CCA Allies form, and stand with us to protect the Clarence Catchment.
Make your voice count today.
submit a stakeholder statement
submit a stakeholder statement
WRITE TO A NSW MINISTER TODAY
Please write to the NSW Ministers listed, create your own personalised message, and send it to them through the contact pages we have linked below. Use the letter template below as a guide.
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This is just a suggestion. Please personalise it , add what the area means to you and what is at stake. Or write your own version but please be sure to include the 4 points we are calling for.
My name is … and I am a …
I write to voice my concern about the mineral mining explorations underway in the Clarence Catchment, NSW, and the potential threat this poses to the local ecology, waterways, drinking water, culture, and economy if mining were approved.
Recent catastrophic floods in the Northern Rivers prove that this is no place for mineral mining and tailings dams.
Mining in high rainfall flood zones, on steep terrain next to the Clarence, Mann, and Nymboida Rivers, and in our drinking water catchments, WILL leach or overflow heavy metal and toxins into our waterways and is a potential catastrophe waiting to happen.
Given the well-documented track record of tailings dams failure, and their contamination of waterways here in Australia and around the world, I appeal to you for support.
Our water-based community and economy relies heavily on our river systems, catchments, and ocean for our social, cultural, environmental, and financial wellbeing.
No promise of mining jobs can outweigh the potential decimation of the millions of dollars and employment that our existing local sectors and the industries that service them already provide. Tourism, fishing, prawning, farming, agri-food, to name a few.
Three First Nations have deep cultural ties to local Country and Riverdreaming is core to the rich culture of this area.
The Clarence catchment provides habitat for many endangered threatened and at risk species. The Eastern Freshwater Cod, Koala and Platypus to name a few.
We know that you hold the authority to make changes to State Policy to protect this rich ecological and cultural area and value the worth our economy contributes to NSW. It is with the above in mind that I appeal to you to:
FOR THESE MANY REASONS, I RESPECTFULLY URGE THE GOVERNMENT TO:
Ban future mineral mining, exploratory and active in the Clarence Catchment
Cease the renewal of and revoke existing exploration licences and mining leases in areas of the Clarence Catchment (i.e. the Clarence Valley and surrounding Local Government Areas) that feed our water source, in recognition of:
-the threatened species and ecological communities found in this region, such as the Eastern Freshwater Cod and Koala
-the region's food, fishing, farming and tourism industries that are reliant on clean water, and the existing thriving economy and employment these industries create
-First Nations, cultural and community ties to the Clarence River, its major tributaries and surrounding lands
-the heightened risk of contamination due to the region's high rainfall and frequent major flooding events.
Join our calls to the Minister for Planning and Public Spaces to amend the NSW State Environmental Planning Policy (Resources and Energy) 2021 to add the following as prohibited development:
-Mineral mining and mineral exploration in all parts of the Clarence Valley Local Government Area and the Clarence Catchment's headwaters in the Coffs Harbour, Bellingen, Armidale Regional, Glen Innes Severn, Tenterfield, Kyogle and Richmond Valley Local Government Areas.
Amend the NSW Mining Act 1992 to ban mineral exploration and mineral mining occurring in major urban drinking water catchments, culturally and environmentally sensitive areas, in areas prone to flood and landslips, and across the Clarence Catchment.
Thank you for your time; I await your response.
Sincerely…
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Key Ministers:
Minister for Planning and Public Spaces (Paul Scully): Responsible for assessing major mining projects, including environmental impact assessments and land use considerations.
Minister for Regional NSW (Tara Moriarty): Oversees mining regulations and approvals through the Department of Regional NSW.
Minister for Environment and Heritage (Penny Sharpe): Involved in assessing the environmental impacts of mining projects and ensuring conservation compliance.
Minister for Water & Minister for the North Coast (Rose Jackson): Responsible for water resources and ensuring mining does not harm water quality and availability.
Other Ministers related to this issue are:
The Ministers for Aboriginal Affairs (David Harris)Agriculture (Tara Moriarty)
Tourism (John Graham)
The full list of Ministers is here.
www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/members/Pages/ministers.aspx
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