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AFL hero joins quarry battle
Brad Worrall
30 Dec, 2009 01:00am
THREE-time AFL premiership player and hometown hero Nigel Lappin has been recruited in the fight to protect Chiltern’s Skeleton Hill from becoming a quarry.
International cement maker Holcim is looking to create a 150ha quarry on the landmark hill overlooking the historic gold town after the lease on its 11ha nearby quarry ceased at the end of last month.
But yesterday the former Brisbane Lion joined others in opposing the development on Skeleton Hill.
Read more from the Border Mail...
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Holcim Australia lodge their planning application for a quarry on Skeleton Hill with the Indigo Shire Council
On Monday November 9 Holcim lodged their planning application with Indigo Shire. Indigo Shire Manager Sustainable Development, Susan Cheetham, has advised FofSH that Council will accept written submissions on the application until January 14, 2010. Obviously, FofSH will be lodging a written submission by the due date. Any individual, whether a member of FofSH or not, is encouraged to make their opinion known by lodging their submission with Indigo Shire.
In addition to written submissions, Council intends to allow verbal submissions from the public. At this stage we understand that that will take place on January 28, 2010.
The planning application and associated documentation can be viewed in a number of ways. Hard copies can be viewed at Indigo Shire offices in Yackandandah, Chiltern (WAW Credit Union) and it is also available on the Indigo Shire website - www.indigoshire.vic.gov.au. A lot of the associated documentation can also be viewed on Holcim Australia's website www.holcim.com.au click on Community Links. Both hard and disk copies of the application can be obtained from Shire offices in Chiltern (WAW Credit Union).
Many of the supporting documents associated with the planning application are specialist in nature e.g. The report on alternative sites to the Skeleton Hill site, outlining reasons why they haven't been preferred to Skeleton Hill at this stage.
If anyone with appropriate skills is interested in assisting Fof SH prepare our submission to Indigo Shire Council, please contact Graeme Charles by emailing gcharles@communityaction.coop. Your help will be greatly appreciated by many people who are concerned at the detrimental effect this quarry proposal will have on Skeleton Hill (half of which is actually classified as Significant Landscape by the National Trust).
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Application received for a quarry at Chiltern
Indigo Shire Council has received an application from Holcim (Australia) Pty Ltd for a new quarry at Skeleton Hill, Chiltern.
Application received for a quarry at Chiltern
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Friends of Skeleton Hill Inc. will fight Quarry Proposal All the Way
A group of Chiltern residents has come together under the banner Friends of Skeleton Hill Inc., to oppose Cemex current proposal to commence a new quarry on Skeleton Hill...
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The Border Mail - Press Release
In response to Cemex’s proposed new quarry site located on the top of a prominent landmark in Chiltern, a growing number of concerned Chiltern residents have been joined by people from all around Australia and formed the “Friends of Skeleton Hill Inc.” (FofSH)...
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Victorian Shadow Minister for Planning visits Skeleton Hill, Chiltern
Local member for Benambra, Bill Tilley MLA, recently arranged for the Victorian Shadow Minister for Planning, Matthew Guy MLC, to visit Skeleton Hill and meet with representatives of Friends of Skeleton Hill Inc., who are opposing a proposal by Cemex Australia...
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Meanwhile - the New Chiltern Quarry Proposal Gathers Momentum
Readers may have noticed that Cemex, the operators of the present Chiltern quarry, is preparing to apply to the Indigo Shire for a planning permit...
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Delay in Cemex quarry plans
The multinational cement company planning a new quarry at Chiltern admits it won't mmet its November deadline.
But Cemex Australia says the delays won't threaten the project.
By Brad Worrall : Published August 25 2009
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Holcim Buys Cemex Australia
By Haig Simonian in Zurich : Published June 16 2009
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Concern over damage to rock art sites
The investigation into alleged destruction and damage to Aboriginal rock art by global cement company Cemex has extedned to three sties in Western Australia and could be more extensive than first thought.
By Tom Arup, Canberra : Published May 28 2009
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SEEN ANY? Members of the public are needed to help look for Regent Honeyeaters neat Chiltern.
By Zoe Rudder : Published May 13 2009
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