Protect our Range

The Helena and Aurora Range (Bungalbin) is a spectacular banded-ironstone formation located just six hours north-east of Perth. It is a biodiversity hotspot - home to more than 110 bird species - and sacred Aboriginal Land.

The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has described the Range as “one of the more significant biodiversity assets in WA”, and has rejected a proposal to allow two open-cut iron-ore mines for the second time.

In the coming weeks, WA Environment Minister Stephen Dawson is expected to make a decision on the future of the Helena and Aurora Range.

This is our last chance to remind Minister ...

The Helena and Aurora Range (Bungalbin) is a spectacular banded-ironstone formation located just six hours north-east of Perth. It is a biodiversity hotspot - home to more than 110 bird species - and sacred Aboriginal Land.

The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has described the Range as “one of the more significant biodiversity assets in WA”, and has rejected a proposal to allow two open-cut iron-ore mines for the second time.

In the coming weeks, WA Environment Minister Stephen Dawson is expected to make a decision on the future of the Helena and Aurora Range.

This is our last chance to remind Minister Dawson that Australians want the spectacular Helena and Aurora Range to be protected for generations to come, not turned into a desolate wasteland.

We are calling on Minister Dawson to say no to mining in one of Australia's most important places and to secure the protection of the Range by declaring it a National Park.

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As we enter the final and most critical stage in our campaign to save the Helena and Aurora Range, now is a crucial time to meet with your local Member of State Parliament.

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As my local member of State Parliament, I kindly ask for the opportunity to meet with you to discuss a mining proposal at Helena and Aurora Range in the Yilgarn region. 
 
Mineral Resources Limited is seeking to develop two open-cut iron-ore mines on the Helena and Aurora Range, also known as Bungalbin by its Traditional Owners, the Kalamaia Kapurn People. 
 
These mines will seriously and irreversibly damage the natural values of the range. 
 
The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has once again deemed Mineral Resources’ proposal to mine the Helena and Aurora Range to be “environmentally unacceptable” and recommended that it “should not be implemented”. 
 
Environment Minister Stephen Dawson will make his final decision in the coming months. 
 
The Helena and Aurora Range is by far the largest, highest, most topographically prominent, most convoluted, and most spectacular and of all the banded-ironstone ranges in the Yilgarn. 
 
It is a pristine landscape, the “jewel in the crown” of the Great Western Woodlands, a biodiversity hotspot, one of our State treasures, and one of only a few banded-ironstone ranges in the Yilgarn that have not been severely impacted by mining or mining exploration. Approving this mining proposal will not only destroy the biodiversity and landform values of the most outstanding range, it will mean that there will be few banded-ironstone ranges in the Yilgarn that remain intact. 
 
The economic benefits from mining the Helena and Aurora Range will be small. The amount of iron ore that Mineral Resources expect to retrieve by mining the Range equates to a mere month or two of production in the Pilbara. 
 
Clearly, it makes no sense to mine the Helena and Aurora Range. It has much more value to Western Australians as a tourism destination. 
 
I am calling for the WA Government to recognise the Helena and Aurora Range for its unique environmental values and protect it as a National Park for future generations to enjoy. 
 
I would very much appreciate the opportunity to meet with you and let you know about the range and my concerns about mining this area. 
 
Would you please let me know when would be a convenient time for us to meet to discuss this important issue.

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