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Mining in Gippsland

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September 2026: Across Victoria massive critical minerals developments threaten farming, landscapes, local economies and ground and water supplies.

Eagle Point 2022 photo Lisa Roberts

August 2025: Diverting Latrobe River water to fill toxic coal mine voids threatens the Gippsland Lakes and ecosystems downstream

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October 2024: Resources Victoria renewed two retention licences and one exploration licence for the controversial Fingerboards Mineral Sands project near Glenaladale, 25km west of Bairnsdale

MINE-FIELD. The mining invasion of Victoria's rural communities

2023 A documentary about the sheer ruthlessness of mining companies and the failure of Victoria’s mining regulations. MINE-FIELD exposes the devastating impact of mining on four Victorian rural communities and shows how a farming community in East Gippsland fought a ruthless mining company - and won.

Fingerboards mineral sands mine

2021: After months of public hearings and years of on-the-ground campaigning, the Victorian Minister for Planning assessed the environmental effects of the Fingerboards mineral sands mine as unacceptable. Read Environmental Justice Australia summary here

Stockman Mine Benambra

Stockman Mine Benambra

Stockman Base Metals Project threatens Tambo River and Gippsland Lakes

Stockman Mine Submissions by GEG and others

Stockman Mine Submissions by Gippsland Environment Group and others

Submissions and concerns by Gippsland Environment Group and others in the lead up to the approval of the Stockman Mine at Benambra

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Media - Stockman Mine and others

Here you can find media relating to Stockman Mine and other relevant mining media

We work on the unceded lands of the GunaiKurnai, Yaitmathang, Ngarigo and Bidwell Peoples and respectfully acknowledge Elders past and present. 

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