BULLETIN
COLLIE RIVER VALLEY Published by LOCALS for LOCALS EDITION No. 123
Sinking dreams
Thursday, March 9, 2023
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Further subsidence danger at Collieburn property Reporter: NOLA GREEN
What a weekend! A FIREWORKS display at the recreation ground put the exclamation mark on what was a huge Collie Labour Day Festival last weekend. Trail bike competitions, a vintage car display, skiing at Lake Kepwari and street markets attracted big crowds. See pages 10 , 11 and 12.
School plans for 2024 European Anzac tour TWENTY year 10 and 11 students will travel to Europe next year for the Anzac tour. - Page 5.
Coal industry is ‘out of control’
THE State Government is scrambling to maintain coal supply. - Page 3.
PIA Ramsing’s purchase of what was advertised as “rare earth”at Collieburn has turned into a nightmare, with a departmental report revealing the property is in danger of further subsidence. The Department for Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety (DMIRS) carried out an inspection of the property after Mrs Ramsing discovered a sinkhole on the 5.78 acre property which had been undermined by the former Scottish Colliery. Mrs Ramsing has fought for seven months after discovering the sinkhole soon after moving in last August. However, her planned idyllic retirement on a rural property, surrounded by trees and birdsong is in tatters. She has sought help from the Collie Shire Council, the Mines Department in Collie and Perth, and local mining companies, along with DMIRS, which had an officer with geotechnical expertise carry out an inspection of the Bacon Street property.
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That inspection revealed there is potential for further subsidence, with signs of possible further subsidence - small depressions, cracking, water drainage and water pooling. Mrs Ramsing has now been contacted by Ross Young, administrator of the Mining Rehabilitation Fund (MRF), who said it is unlikely she can be helped through the fund, but he will refer her enquiry to the abandoned mines team. While the MRF has been set up to help rehabilitate, or, at the very least, make safe former mining sites, it would first need to be declared an abandoned mine site under the act. If it can be shown that there has been mining activity and any damage is as a result, there may be some funding from the fund. The fund is only available if the mining tenement has had a levy payable under the MRF Act since 2014. A complication may be that the land appears to have been in private hands for many years, having been abandoned by the Scottish Colliery in 1907. Continued page 2.
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