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Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington, centre, with the just re-elected KCCG executive, from left, Publicity Officer John Dalton, Secretary Marilyn Stephens, Treasurer Abigail Andersson, Vice-President Damien O’Sullivan and President Gary Tessmann<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

November 10, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

by Anne Miller<\/strong><\/p>\n

Do you know a mining company hopes to use the Kingaroy-Theebine rail line corridor to transport coal … most likely spelling the death of the very popular South Burnett Rail Trail?<\/p>\n

Moreton Resources’ documents indicate the company hopes to use a slightly amended version of the corridor for either a rail line, the route for a slurry pipe, or a very long conveyor belt to transport coal from its proposed Kingaroy coal mine to the coast for export.<\/p>\n

The plans have been around for a while, but the Kingaroy Concerned Citizens Group – which has been campaigning against the mine for years – believes their message has not been getting through.<\/p>\n

KCCG members met at the Town Common Hall in Kingaroy on Thursday night for their AGM.<\/p>\n

KCCG publicity officer John Dalton told the meeting the proposed route for the coal transportation – Moreton Resources has not decided which of the three options it prefers – swings around near the Kingaroy Golf Course and Mt Wooroolin before joining up with the rail trail at Crawford.<\/p>\n

It then follows the rail trail more or less all the way to Theebine,\u00a0bypassing the town centres of Wondai, Murgon, Goomeri and Kilkivan where coal dust from rail wagons could become an environmental issue.<\/p>\n

Mr Dalton said residents in most South Burnett towns perceived Moreton Resources’ proposed coal mine as a “Kingaroy problem” which would not affect them.<\/p>\n

However, he said, this was not the case,<\/p>\n

The meeting discussed a proposal to distribute pamphlets to residents in Wondai and Murgon, rather than advertising in local media.<\/p>\n

The letterbox drop would be followed by a public meeting or meetings.<\/p>\n

He believed the group had enough money in its kitty to pay for this letterbox campaign, which would cost a couple of thousand dollars.<\/p>\n

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The map showing Moreton Resources’ proposed link to transport coal (Source: Moreton Resources)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington took a brief break from the campaign trail to chair the AGM election, a task she has done for years.<\/strong><\/p>\n

All position holders were re-elected at the AGM: President Gary Tessmann, Vice-President Damien O’Sullivan, Secretary Marilyn Stephens, Treasurer Abigail Andersson and Publicity Officer John Dalton.<\/p>\n

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Mr Dalton shared a Powerpoint detailing the KCCG’s activities over the past 12 months, including the preparation of a 123-page response to the Terms of Reference, a successful RADF application for $3450 for the Steve Parrish workshop, the 385 Alive! arts competition and a complaint to ASIC about the accuracy of a Moreton Resources’ lodgment with the ASX.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ms Stephens described a road survey carried out by KCCG members where they spoke to every landholder in the streets around the proposed mine, and received (almost) a 100 per cent rejection of the proposal.<\/p>\n

The Department of Natural Resources also spent two days in the area visiting properties to register bores so a base line flow could be recorded in case this changes in future.<\/p>\n

Mrs Neralie O’Sullivan also described unsuccessful attempts by Moreton Resources to conduct an ecological survey on her property.<\/p>\n

A letter was also read to the meeting from an Edenvale Road resident who failed in a bid to stop Moreton drilling test holes on his property, however he had managed to reduce their planned 16 x 200 metre holes to 8 x 50 metre holes.<\/p>\n

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