Plea for Premier Mike Baird to reverse Rio Tinto's 'original sin' on Warkworth mine

By Peter Hannam
Updated November 22 2015 - 4:08pm, first published 3:56pm
Premier Mike Baird visits the town of Bulga with Planning Minister Rob Stokes in April 2015. Photo: Marina Neil
Premier Mike Baird visits the town of Bulga with Planning Minister Rob Stokes in April 2015. Photo: Marina Neil
Rio Tinto's Mount Thorley-Warkworth coalmine in the Hunter Valley.
Rio Tinto's Mount Thorley-Warkworth coalmine in the Hunter Valley.
Bulga in the Hunter Valley.
Bulga in the Hunter Valley.

Premier Mike Baird has been called on to prevent Rio Tinto from destroying endangered woods near a Hunter Valley coalmine that it promised to conserve just 12 years ago.

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