Vote then public officials out and elect new constituents. Government overreach. BS needs to stop on a global scale.

@Anton-tf9iw

25 күн бұрын

Woke leftover bureaucrats from well off family background. They want to rule like Big Communist Leaders, some animals are more equal. They take 1984 as a manual. They don't want to be questioned, because they cannot defend themselves logically, Puppets of old forces.

@owlsagenda7599

25 күн бұрын

Agreed

@user-wl9ps6pe1j

21 күн бұрын

Think they've already proved votes doesn't matter after changing rules/laws and literally on camera rigging it .... the only way it's going to stop is after everyone's balls drop and stand up against them

Governments around the world trying to keep the little people down

Keep mining, they will NEVER know whos working where, especially underground, stockpile your opal, and sell it on line, DO NOT COMPLY WITH CROOKED GOVERNMENT'S, keep going, all the very best.

@georgiarogers9257

21 күн бұрын

Australia is a very big place

Keep mining fuck em

Politicians all over the world, they haven’t got a clue, making rules & changing rules to suit themselves

@georgiarogers9257

21 күн бұрын

Who will this suit? It's Mindarie all over again

@user-wl9ps6pe1j

21 күн бұрын

You mean to suit the ones lining their pockets

@earthscannz5563

20 күн бұрын

to suit their paymasters, BlackRock

@chrisward5626

6 күн бұрын

Lol these people living on welfare whilst digging .

@TooOldToCare-kl3co

5 күн бұрын

What do you expect failed lawyers to know. Professional liars.

Same ol same ol with EVERY tier of government! "It's our FAULT! BUT! You have to sort it out for us"!

class action law suit

They admitted they stuffed up but stil they stop u on ur mine n thats loss of earnings so get together n sue them for there fuk up n loss of wages stoppin u mining wen u done nothn wrong

This can't be legal call everyone

Every miner in that room needs to come together and sue them. The government made a mistake and blame the miners and it´s fucked up.

@georgiarogers9257

21 күн бұрын

Agree, clearly no thought was put into this decision

How can you not tell us what the "government error" was?

So sorry for all of you, hope there will be light at the end of your tunnel ❤

UNFAIR GOVERNMENT.

Sounds like the government wants a bigger slice of the miners pie at the miners cost !

@denisemurray412

15 күн бұрын

Go ahead, you do all the work. Government just wants the goodies and they might pat you on the head for 'giving' it to them. Aren't they nice? NOT!!

Government: You need to pay $100 per week to breath our oxygen. But don't worry, you can eat all the sand you want. Just don't drink any water.

this is outrageous!!! Fix your own damn mistakes and compensate others. Bloody hell!

Like the banks if you screw up its your fault ,if they screw up it s your fault remove all the gov liabilaties and put it on the citizens .

@georgiarogers9257

21 күн бұрын

I didn't vote for them

I am from Wisconsin which is in US. My hearts go out to you. I didn't hear the reason why the government is doing this. I d know when it comes t the government nothing good comes from it. Hope you can fight this.

Up here, in Queensland the state Gov is desperate to transition small mining to go chase Critical minerals, they drag you through the dirt appon renewals and applications, for gold and Gemstone permits, their failure is to realize these are Gateway activities to chasing the Blacksands and they have no chance of meeting their Critical targets without a "Wartime" effort of the Artisanal miners.

Government interference in a person's ability to make a living, will get the government changed! Praying for you all. The end of this video was awful!

I hope Quest TV will give an in-depth coverage of this issue from the perspective of the opal miners.

Shame on that government!

Bullshit...no one is paying more than $10K for that: it's rubbish.

Sad to see it all stop... might check back next year.

DO NOT COMPLY

It's all been resolved this is from last year I believe my brother is out there now at a mine

I've been looking around but can't find much info. Does anyone know what the hell is going on now and what repercussions this BS now means for our bloody ledgends out there?

@dalane5196

22 күн бұрын

They the Dept have been slowly going through the process of re-issuing new titles, its a complicated process and takes time. However the result is that more than 50% of the claims have not been renewed, the owners/miners have decided its just to difficult and walked away. So a government bureaucrat who is no doubt on $250k plus a year has destroyed the Lightning Ridge Opal mining Industry, and no one gives a stuff, no one is sacked, she is still collecting her tax payer funded salary. The NSW Govt has announced a Inquiry to be conducted by a former Attorney General for NSW, he put out a discussion paper in late Dec 2022, and invited public submissions which has now closed, the timeline is that Inquirey will hand down its finding to the NSW Govt in July, for the Govt to consider. But its looking very likely that the whole Industry will be facing higher charges and stricter regulation, thats my reading of it, its an opinion and you know opinions are like A / holes, everyone has one. In other words Opal Mining in NSW may be facing implosion as an industry, strangled by Govt Red Tape and a bureaucracy who cannot stand individuals who do not conform to societal norms.

Any involvement by the government, whether it be local, state, or federal, means one the..disaster..

That was a classic.😂

Greedy criminal government.

Class action all the way.

They have never worked a job in their life

What a kick in the teeth

The dangerous component sulfuric acid and you had your mask sitting on the drum. 🙄

Take a portable welder and rebuild the teeth on the spot.

They keep moving the goalposts, changing the rules in the Middle of the game should be illegal yeah ?

Should have ever Post it on social media

Unbelievable

When the government is so grossly incompetent, you just continue doing what you've been doing. It's not been a problem for nine years, it's not a problem now. They can let you know when they've got their crap straight.

Are they going to give the land back to the "Orignal Owners" I wonder 🤔

We need a revolution

I very much enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

Yeah- well,WHATS THE ERROR . ? And there was no need to shut down everyone’s jobs.they’re working what they requested for and this could’ve been fixed internally , at several hundred permits- your talking fixable internally- you haven’t got hundreds of thousands. How ludicrous

This is interesting, 😮 must research..

class action lawsuit it is gross criminal negligence from government and they are not above the law

theres something that happens to a persons brain when applying for role in the gov

They really suck shutting you down!

I hope these miners take the govt to court over this those blood thirsty scumbags cancelling their right to make a living.

So what’s the reason why are the claims not valid……something doesn’t smell right here

😤🤬😡🤬‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️ Best Wishes to All of You ❤️ Try to Stay Strong through this Sh*t Storm 👍💙🧡❤️💚🖤🩵🩷💜🧡

Government mission is to make your life as difficult as possible….

Fight back !

In the US here we automatically lose half of what we make and then some. Cuz of taxes were screwed we can't afford medication or keep I g the lights on so I feel this

@ozgal6929

25 күн бұрын

Tax is actually illegal. You cañ get out of paying that in the USA as IRS defunct

Remember mintabie , now would it have something to do with geological survey planes flying grids 18months 2 yrs earlier. ? This is criminal in a corporate and political level . Remember big Miner s find bigger ways to pay less tax and spend in the community. Australia needs more small miners less red tape , I know what I'm spending just so I can make a start . My community is benifits my state benifits and the route to the opal fields benifits and then there is the town in which I have purchased property. Money needs to flow , then taxes can be paid it's that simple. What happened in lightning ridge and mintabie is a stockade moment never again

😮 How disgusting treating people like this. These people work so hard for their money. To have their entire livelihood just snatched away from them. Because the government cocked out somewhere is awful. why? Don't they take it out of the politician's salaries? And whoever the pen pusher was who put the.in the wrong place on some form somewhere. My thoughts are with all those miners and their families.

just wanting a cut of there profits after reading how much they find. also they know where its found etc . suspect as government. hope you get refunds for your permits

Turning our country into South Africa!!

why are you getting kicked off your claims

Dirty trick to play on all of these miners! They made the mistake so they should make good their mistake not expect hundreds of miners to take then punch!! Bad Form!!

Lmao keep digging guys whos the government going to send down the hole to stop you 😂😂

These people are living in less than ideal conditions because they love doing what they do and they contribute to the economy so why interfere and change the laws.If there is value in the ground and a benefit for the people that are gambling with their toil and it’s not as if they are millionaires isn’t it better than relying on the government to support them.

The more Aussiez lean to the Americans, corruptions shall always follow with the super rich becoming a curse.

Sounds like standard government @#ck up and instead of fixing the issue from.their side punish the hard working people who rely on this income. Would be interested to see what it would cost to renew your lease and how many get bought out by bigger companies shutting more of our assets to be accessed by the few

all about the money nothing else

All the miners need to stay together and keep mining, it was the governments mistake, as long as they stay together then what can the government do, prosecute all of them?

@dalane5196

22 күн бұрын

We are a small Industry, yes they would. At the same time, with a single stroke of the pen, they have left approx 400 peoples residents, their homes untitled and on very unsecured tenure. Nobody in Govt cares much, small remote country community, as far they are concerned we are all pretty much vermin anyway, expendable vermin at that.

TF did she say?

@1969tss

26 күн бұрын

I can’t understand her either

Let's go Brandon! FJB. >.>

Wow this makes me angry!.. Bloody government changing th rules at their will.. I hope for th sake of every miner there tht this gets sorted for you guys asap.. It's not just an income for you guys, it's ur life's blood!.. I really hope to be able to get there one day soon and try my luck as wel.. Fingers crossed th government pulls their heads in..

Ignor them

Typical bloody government. You made the mistake, you fix it. These poor minors are not the issue

Disgusting

That’s Terrible😡

Well I hope they refund the moners for the claim\licence fees and give priority for a given lease to holders of the claims that they have just voided. If this is just some bullshit to gazump claims and leases out from under people someone is going to wind up down deep hole somewhere.

Asce opal hunters workers clear all mine ING permits ❤😂😂❤❤❤😮😊😊😊

What happened to a fair go. I thought that was what the Labour Party was about. What a way to earn trust amongst your core voters

Not real opal miners: they don't have a clue. They are what is causing problems in the game.

@dalane5196

22 күн бұрын

The misfits you mean ? Yes had very similar thoughts myself, have risked my life digging people like them out of a collapsed mine on many occasions. But I guess they have to have a show, and the sugar coated rubbish they were valuing at $180k, and these clowns make a show I guess.

Well don't take it so something about it gov all government is useless today especially the us government

Wtf

The goverment officisals are trying to cheact the little guy go up the chain guys thiis isn't right Las Vegas Nevada USA

Wrong so wrong

remember this when you go to vote next time sack the goverment they have no idea about lots of stuff

Typical Commies.. WAKEY WAKEY 🇦🇺🇬🇧🇺🇸🇨🇦🌍

Man that sucks bloody political error and they have to cop it for there mistakes.

ur goverment don't want to get rich

Bullshit.

God the scripted acting in this terrible 😂