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Warkworth open-cut coal mine. The dispute has pitted angry local residents against business and mining interests, trade unions concerned about employment and the
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Planning Assessment Commission had suggested that the township be entirely relocated, and voluntary
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Singleton Council to close the locally important Wallaby Scrub Road connecting Bulga to adjacent Warkworth, resulting in further community protest.
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