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5 July, 2025

Farming family devastated but will fight on

As the news the Donald Mine project work plan had been approved filtered through the community, landowners whose properties are within the mine footprint, said they were dismayed that their concerns about the desecration of prime agricultural land by mining had gone unheeded by the state government.

By Sheryl Lowe

Three generations of the Byrne family face losing their homes to mining. L-R Tommy 7 with Marie Byrne, Sammy 9 with David 'Mick' Byrne holding Benny 5, Joey 11, and Peter Byrne.
Three generations of the Byrne family face losing their homes to mining. L-R Tommy 7 with Marie Byrne, Sammy 9 with David 'Mick' Byrne holding Benny 5, Joey 11, and Peter Byrne.

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