Upper Hunter Shire
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Oct 24, 2026
Richard SaundersHOST
We have a radio interview with Tim Mendham, and this was on Radio 2NM.
speaker_12SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Skeptics of the Upper Hunter get excited because the nominations are now open for the Australian Skeptics Bent Spoon Award.
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What's that all about? Well, we'll find out right now from Tim Mendham of the Australian Skeptics.
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Tim, how are you doing today? Good, thank you.
Tim MendhamSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Some of these things are not just silly.
Tim MendhamSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They actually should be brought to the attention of people, and we do that.
speaker_12SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Well, the nominations close in early November, so for anybody around the Upper Hunter, if you believe there's someone who's come up with some pseudoscience, you can nominate them for the Australian Skeptic's Bent Spoon.
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Tim Mendham, thank you very much for joining us to have a chat about it today.
Charlotte KingCORRESPONDENT
That's after Elaine Johnson, who represents the community group fighting against the expansion in the courts, lodged a complaint.
Charlotte KingCORRESPONDENT
She is stunned by the decision and says the Upper Hunter is already experiencing the effects of climate change.
Courtney HoussosSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Why is it that this government, uh, feels that it needs to pass special legislation to increase production limits for a mine that is already committed to continue until 2032?
Charlotte KingCORRESPONDENT
In a statement, Mac Energy said the proposed laws will provide locals with much-needed reassurance that the Mount Pleasant project will continue.
Rachel BaigentHOST
But for some people in our community, that security isn't a given.
Rachel BaigentHOST
Today, we're joined by Mary Spora, Director of Upper Hunter Homeless Support, who is deeply passionate about supporting people experiencing homelessness.
Mary SporaGUEST
Welcome, Mary, to the podcast.
Mary SporaGUEST
Thank you,
Mary SporaGUEST
And then I came back and I got myself into personnel consultancy work.
Mary SporaGUEST
So that's very much one-on-one work.
Mary SporaGUEST
So then when I came up to the Upper Hunter, got married, moved up here, I I started a family fairly quickly and the job that I got was working for the local chamber of commerce.
Mary SporaGUEST
So lots of community, sort of not from community services point of view, but very much a community oriented role.
Chris EddyHOST
General Manager Nick Tobin said Hunters Hill Council meetings consistently highlight a robust, engaged chamber and a council committed to open governance.
Chris EddyHOST
Upper Hunter Shire Council has criticised the decision to shelve a review of how financial assistance grants are distributed across NSW.
Chris EddyHOST
The NSW Local Government Grants Commission met on October 13 and decided to keep the existing methodology.
Chris EddyHOST
Under the draft model, Upper Hunter's projected allocation for 27 to 28... was about $9.2 million, compared with $7.3 million under the current approach.
Tim WebsterHOST
Now, look, the Mount Pleasant mine.
Tim WebsterHOST
legislation to allow increased output is just weeks away now this would be i'm assuming in reaction to the high court decision on uh yes not being allowed to send coal overseas if they're going to burn it overseas and uh you're guilty of that as well which is just defies common sense to me but uh What I think the Premier is trying to do here is shore up the jobs in the Upper Hunter and that coal mine.
Tim WebsterHOST
Now, if they pass that legislation, I can't imagine they won't, it'll allow Mac Energy to operate its Mount Pleasant mine with the current workforce and output until 2032.
Tim WebsterHOST
So, you know, that's another, well, five years at least.
Steve DaghlianHOST
We've got New Hope up around 5.8%.
Steve DaghlianHOST
It's also a bit of news there that it's set to acquire Malabar Resources, which is a coal miner located in the Upper Hunter Valley of New South Wales.
Steve DaghlianHOST
So according to New Hope, it would give it a market cap of around $6.3 billion, currently sitting at around $5 billion.
Steve DaghlianHOST
And under the agreement, New Hope shareholders are set to own roughly 79% of the combined group.
Andrew BeerGUEST
So they're being felt in Collie, Western Australia.
Andrew BeerGUEST
They're being felt in the Upper Hunter Valley and the Lower Hunter Valley in New South Wales.
Andrew BeerGUEST
They're being felt in Queensland.
Andrew BeerGUEST
And in the past, they've been felt in South Australia as well.
Trent NikolicHOST
Thank you for listening in, Helen.
Trent NikolicHOST
What else have we got? Chris is up in Scone in the Upper Hunter.
Trent NikolicHOST
Thank you, Chris.
Trent NikolicHOST
We've got a listener listening in from Girola, which I think is in the Sunshine Coast.
Michael McLarenHOST
News just coming through.
Michael McLarenHOST
The Daily Telegraph report, I've got no more than what I've got here in front of me, but it says that a plane has crashed in the Upper Hunter Valley this afternoon.
Michael McLarenHOST
So this is just coming through from the Telegraph around Scone.
Michael McLarenHOST
Emergency crews responding to the incident near Scone after the plane was confirmed to have crashed just after two PM.
Dave SweeneyGUEST
And to start out, a big shout-out to a group... with the, you know, sort of catchy name of Damshig, which is the Denman, Aberdeen, Musselbrook, Scone Healthy Environment Group.
Dave SweeneyGUEST
Because that local group in the Hunter Valley, the Upper Hunter in New South Wales, in December 22, Kevin, they took a legal action, which is a brave thing to do against a big company, about the New South Wales approval process.
Dave SweeneyGUEST
of an expansion, a massive expansion of the Mount Pleasant coal operation.
Dave SweeneyGUEST
And so that expansion was really big.
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