Why We're Coming Together
Bring the whole family down for a great day out with the community while supporting local workers in their fight to keep their 300 local jobs!
Eraring Power Station is set to operate until 2029 and supplies more than 20% of NSW’s electricity. Myuna Colliery exists solely to provide coal to Eraring and employs around 300 local workers, with a further 1,600 supply-chain jobs depending on it.
Despite this, Origin Energy has not committed to a long-term coal supply agreement. If Myuna is not contracted to supply Eraring, the mine must close, putting hundreds of local families out of work and creating serious flow-on impacts for small businesses and services across our region.
This is not an inevitable result of the energy transition. It is a commercial decision.
Myuna workers are local people with mortgages, children in local schools and deep ties to Lake Macquarie. When a major local employer closes, the impact doesn’t stop at the gate, it flows through families, sporting clubs, shops and the wider economy.
Come for the fun, stay for the cause, and help show that our community stands together for local jobs and local families.
What’s On
- Pony rides
- Petting zoo
- Face painting
- Balloon animals
- And heaps more surprises on the day
Food & Drinks
BBQ, cold drinks and beers available!
This is a family-friendly event: a chance to bring the kids, catch up with neighbours and enjoy a positive community day out for a good cause!
Contact
Mining & Energy Union (02) 9267 1035 info@meu.org.au meu.org.au Facebook
AMWU NSW & ACT (02) 9897 4200 membershipnsw@amwu.org.au amwu.org.au Facebook
Collieries’ Staff and Officials Association (02) 9269 0688 infocsd@professionalsaustralia.org.au professionalsaustralia.org.au Facebook · Instagram
Wangi Wangi Bowling, Sport & Recreation Club (02) 4975 1177 wangibowl@bigpond.com Facebook
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