My Nan was born in a tent 1901 at Lightning Ridge ,don’t listen too the shiny bum paper shufflers ,this country was built by people not the government ,sounds like some eco nutter wants to make a change so they can boost about it ,remember eureka stockade,we need more of that😊
This law even makes it worse for the environment, an expired underground claim can only be renewed as a trench or open cut. These politicians have no clue what they are doing.
Open cut only mess I've seen. SHAME greed has taken over the people we pay to run our state,it's all over the hunter, its sake river is a test to how the system works. Very disappointing
I am a part owner of a opal mine with my brother's and a mutual friend and it's a different way of life and you spend alot of money to find dirt and potch but if you are lucky and move that dirt it can lead to the big one!! It's possible to pull over a million out of the ground in virgin ground it's all chance!!!
The opal supports the tourist industry as well as contributing to the national economy , millions of dollars worth in international exports . What is happening in NSW is also happening in QLD and SA , there seems to be a conspiracy to destroy an industry that produces the best opal in the world , Australia's national gemstone . !!
In other words force the little guy out we only want to deal with the big boys in town who can afford to open cut. Limiting it to only two claims per family is ridiculous !! What if there is a split in the family????????? Who is going to decide who can have the claims???????? This reeks of favouritism towards big mining companies. Politicians should abstain from any policy decision making if they have shares in a mining company plain and simple. And mining companies should NOT be allowed to donate to a specific party EITHER !!!!!!!! Government has FAILED the local claim owners big time !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's a lifestyle. Well done guys stepping up and speaking up about the ridiculous confusion and controversy over control over the Ridge and surrounding fields 👏 👍 grab that lawyer, lock him in.
This is clearly a large miner / company paying government to close down small operators. They place laws in to make it impossible to earn money. Then the large colony swoops in buying these smaller claims taking over the entire area. Follow the money.
"Open cut "sounds like big company n gov are in bed,only found this little place of hevan ,now sounds like the government's greed will destroy this without a thought for the pioneers of this great country,now rolling in there graves with anguish ! Not much there except good real Australian families having a go at one of the last frontier , feelings and having a real" Aussie Go"! Tim Simpson
During the wet season it will cost the claim owners a fortune pumping out water from open cuts which will also make the walls unstable.A huge safety issue in the making.Electrical equiptment on wet ground?Clearly something is happening that is not in the best interests of claim holders or workers safety.
What you got to do is make the industry totally un workable. Then hand the land back to some aboriginal person. Effectively putting these hard working people out of their jobs. Then living in this area will just be a lifestyle choice. Eventually leading to these communities closing down. Then the government will be able to sell the whole area to some Chinese mining company
Government is bit by bit driving people off large land holdings to force us into the cities. Last year in WA the farmers got wind of the new Indigenous Culture Heritage Act the Cook Labour government just approved (no opposition here, Labour controls everything) and forced the government to withdraw it's introduction. It essentially requires that every parcel of land larger than 1000m2 to have an aboriginal cultural heritage advisor present for any excavation deeper than 500mm. If you want to plant a tree, put in a fence post we will need an aboriginal to stand there and watch, fines and potentially arrest if you don't. This legislation was supported by big farmers and miners as all their little competitors would not be able afford the costs, allowing the bigs to buy up smaller land holdings and give power to the aboriginal corporations at the same time while forcing everyone else to move to the cities. This legislation has not been repealed it's just delayed and it will spread across the whole country once it gets a foot hold.
Gov needs to stop getting involved in a small industry that's decades old but protect big mining companies it's always small business that is given a hard time WHY ?????
Perhaps six months under ground would change the fictional gov's mind? It's a shame the Oz government will never evolve out of the board room. I lived in Sydney and feared for our safety. But outback was wonderful people good food and less gov.
This is just another way the NSW government is taking rights away from the little guy and giving them to their special interest corporate mates at the top end of town.
It's all stolen land .. the royaltys should be going to the Kamilaroi tribe... its original land owners that never receive compensation for any of the sacred rainbow serpent scales sold...nor any of the land stolen and resold to miners ... one of many atrocities of Australia's true ppl.
Let’s face it, your on the project about it so your gunna get totally rejigged to point it is totally a waste of anyone’s time to mine in .. guess who will come in and save the industry
I’m a miner and you wanna know why the govt wants it to be open cut Coz the bond for an open cut mine in the ridge can be north of 100 k and trenching permits are quite expensive also however The bond for and underground mine is under 500$ Use your brain and have a think why a government would want to impose these laws Mmmmmmm the average everyday miner can’t afford that but big mining companies can What a coincidence
Gov sometimes should just stay away from people who are trying their hardest to make a living in their communities.
My Nan was born in a tent 1901 at Lightning Ridge ,don’t listen too the shiny bum paper shufflers ,this country was built by people not the government ,sounds like some eco nutter wants to make a change so they can boost about it ,remember eureka stockade,we need more of that😊
This law even makes it worse for the environment, an expired underground claim can only be renewed as a trench or open cut. These politicians have no clue what they are doing.
The big boys in town who can afford to open cut must have passed over a few brown paper bags.
Open cut only mess I've seen. SHAME greed has taken over the people we pay to run our state,it's all over the hunter, its sake river is a test to how the system works. Very disappointing
Wow channel 10 supporting the little guy? What changed?
Needed to have a girl in the center of the story. Thats where the marketing comes in.
I am a part owner of a opal mine with my brother's and a mutual friend and it's a different way of life and you spend alot of money to find dirt and potch but if you are lucky and move that dirt it can lead to the big one!! It's possible to pull over a million out of the ground in virgin ground it's all chance!!!
Gemfields in qld had to fight the government with claims as well.
The opal supports the tourist industry as well as contributing to the national economy , millions of dollars worth in international exports . What is happening in NSW is also happening in QLD and SA , there seems to be a conspiracy to destroy an industry that produces the best opal in the world , Australia's national gemstone . !!
Bet they dont stop big mining companies owning several leases.
In other words force the little guy out we only want to deal with the big boys in town who can afford to open cut. Limiting it to only two claims per family is ridiculous !! What if there is a split in the family????????? Who is going to decide who can have the claims???????? This reeks of favouritism towards big mining companies. Politicians should abstain from any policy decision making if they have shares in a mining company plain and simple. And mining companies should NOT be allowed to donate to a specific party EITHER !!!!!!!! Government has FAILED the local claim owners big time !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What's the bet a "business entity" can register as many claims as it likes as it is not a person. Sounds like a big business takeover.
It's a lifestyle. Well done guys stepping up and speaking up about the ridiculous confusion and controversy over control over the Ridge and surrounding fields 👏 👍 grab that lawyer, lock him in.
This is just so so sad that the government is stopping opal mining and sapphire mining in NSW and Qld
There not
However there making it exceptionally frigging hard
Open cut and tenching is bad, saw what happened to lightning Ridge to a friend's claim when the neighbouring claim went open cut.
And not one mention of what’s happening with White Cliffs! You have to look at the situation there to get the full story of Opal mining in NSW.
im a maine fisherman and something similar is happening to us with lobster industry that is our famous industry world wide
Grew up in Lightning Ridge and grawin shepyards great community
So much for a free country 😢
Government paid some compensation, you mean the Tax payer footed the bill 🙄
Stuff the government we are Australia this is our life 6:21
Government overreach again! 🤬
The government want there tax.
This is clearly a large miner / company paying government to close down small operators. They place laws in to make it impossible to earn money. Then the large colony swoops in buying these smaller claims taking over the entire area. Follow the money.
"Open cut "sounds like big company n gov are in bed,only found this little place of hevan ,now sounds like the government's greed will destroy this without a thought for the pioneers of this great country,now rolling in there graves with anguish ! Not much there except good real Australian families having a go at one of the last frontier , feelings and having a real" Aussie Go"! Tim Simpson
Oh honestly this show host just pisses you OFF!
Is doesn’t make sense to you, because they are opening the door for the big miners to come in
from China most likely..all govts are selling their souls to China
Greedy government 😡
During the wet season it will cost the claim owners a fortune pumping out water from open cuts which will also make the walls unstable.A huge safety issue in the making.Electrical equiptment on wet ground?Clearly something is happening that is not in the best interests of claim holders or workers safety.
Make it to hard for the little man so the big corporate can take over and they make all these little fellas claim one big one. 🤮🤮
It all comes down to greed 😢 somebody has been sitting on someone's lap 😥
What you got to do is make the industry totally un workable. Then hand the land back to some aboriginal person. Effectively putting these hard working people out of their jobs. Then living in this area will just be a lifestyle choice. Eventually leading to these communities closing down. Then the government will be able to sell the whole area to some Chinese mining company
Government is bit by bit driving people off large land holdings to force us into the cities. Last year in WA the farmers got wind of the new Indigenous Culture Heritage Act the Cook Labour government just approved (no opposition here, Labour controls everything) and forced the government to withdraw it's introduction. It essentially requires that every parcel of land larger than 1000m2 to have an aboriginal cultural heritage advisor present for any excavation deeper than 500mm. If you want to plant a tree, put in a fence post we will need an aboriginal to stand there and watch, fines and potentially arrest if you don't. This legislation was supported by big farmers and miners as all their little competitors would not be able afford the costs, allowing the bigs to buy up smaller land holdings and give power to the aboriginal corporations at the same time while forcing everyone else to move to the cities. This legislation has not been repealed it's just delayed and it will spread across the whole country once it gets a foot hold.
Doesnt the government work for the people 😂 think not
Mining takes a bad rap. The damage from mining compared to the damage from farming is insurmountable.
The only way to get around it is put the price up to 50k a carat 100k a carat
Top quality black opal is worth 50k per gram.
It's mezramizing
Gov needs to stop getting involved in a small industry that's decades old but protect big mining companies it's always small business that is given a hard time WHY ?????
All because we have woke in power through government organisations
Perhaps six months under ground would change the fictional gov's mind? It's a shame the Oz government will never evolve out of the board room. I lived in Sydney and feared for our safety. But outback was wonderful people good food and less gov.
This is just another way the NSW government is taking rights away from the little guy and giving them to their special interest corporate mates at the top end of town.
On a side note lighting Ridge is not the only place black Opal is found. Andamooka in SA has some of the best black Opal in the world.
Smaller government is what works.oh and free market capitalism. Fascist government's always fail.
It's all stolen land .. the royaltys should be going to the Kamilaroi tribe... its original land owners that never receive compensation for any of the sacred rainbow serpent scales sold...nor any of the land stolen and resold to miners ... one of many atrocities of Australia's true ppl.
Stop wa5ching as soon as i saw this tool
Let’s face it, your on the project about it so your gunna get totally rejigged to point it is totally a waste of anyone’s time to mine in .. guess who will come in and save the industry
You will own nothing and be happy 😂😂😂it's coming people wake up 15 minute city's
The biggest production of opal and crystals is in Brazil in Australia is not crystals 😂
I’m a miner and you wanna know why the govt wants it to be open cut
Coz the bond for an open cut mine in the ridge can be north of 100 k and trenching permits are quite expensive also however
The bond for and underground mine is under 500$
Use your brain and have a think why a government would want to impose these laws
Mmmmmmm the average everyday miner can’t afford that but big mining companies can
What a coincidence