Brought to you by Kristina Keneally: "galloping over" NSW, screwing the environment, wrecking homes, stealing life-long investments, all with a smile and a gleam in her eye.The people of Gloucester are fighting back against the resources sector increasingly taking over the district...
"... We went to the bank ... They ... said 'your property has been devalued,'" ...
Their efforts over a dozen years to escape the city ... may be rewarded with unhealthy pollution and an ugly outlook ...
... the Jacksons fear that industry will roll over the top of them and they will be unable to sell... Anita, 6, and Bianca, 3, will be inhaling dirty air after they moved to the country for a fresh, clean, affordable life.
The Gloucester region is being galloped over by the resources boom, and many residents resent it ...
... between 50 and 100 ''tree-changers'' moved from Sydney over the past decade...
Some neighbours' lives had been ruined because all their capital was tied up in their property and they could not sell to service debts...
"The immoral thing is, as soon as a mining company says it's interested, your capital is frozen in your land because no one wants to buy it." ...
"… I don't think we can live with a mine in our backyard."
See also: Rivers SOS
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