Why Glenden in Queensland could soon be wiped off the 地図／計画する: 'What's going to happen to us'

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A once 栄えるing coal 採掘 town could be wiped off the 地図／計画する with 300 homes 始める，決める to be bulldozed in the middle of a 国家の 住宅 危機.

The central Queensland town of Glenden, 110km 南西 of Mackay, is 始める，決める to be destroyed under a contractual 義務 of スイスの 多国籍の Glencore as it 勝利，勝つd up 採掘 操作／手術s that have 存在するd for 40 years.

初めは built in 1982 to house 労働者s and their families from the Newlands Coal 地雷, Glenden was once a bustling town, 誇るing over 1,300 居住（者）s in 2011.

However, over time, the 全住民 has 劇的な 拒絶する／低下するd to いっそう少なく than 500, resulting in hundreds of 空いている homes as Glencore 段階s out the Newland 採掘 操作／手術s.

QCoal has begun 建設するing the Byerwen 地雷, which is 位置を示すd 20km away. However, the company ーするつもりであるs to house its 飛行機で行く-in 飛行機で行く-out 全労働人口 on-場所／位置. This means they won't 要求する the houses at Glenden for its 全労働人口.

The 未来s of 455 居住（者）s who call the town home is now in limbo as they fight to save their community from demolition.

The central Queensland coal 採掘 town of Glenden could be 破壊するd 40 years after it was built?

Issac 会議 is 主要な the fight to save the town and has attracted support statewide.

'This should be a straightforward 移行 in a 採掘 town from one company to another,' 市長 Anne パン職人 said.

'組織／基盤／下部構造 is there for QCoal's taking.'

Cr パン職人 said: 'We are in the middle of a 住宅 危機.'

'It is a 無謀な 予選 決定／判定勝ち（する）. I am just gobsmacked and lost for words. '

Cr パン職人 will continue ロビーing 資源s 大臣 Scott Stewart to give Glenden a lifeline.

The 大臣 told the 特使 Mail he's yet to make a final 決定／判定勝ち（する）.

Lifelong 居住（者） Milissa Phillips-Payne owned the 地元の general 蓄える／店 for nearly a １０年間 but was 軍隊d to の近くに its doors late last year.

Her baby daughter's 墓／厳粛／彫る／重大な is at the 地元の 共同墓地.

Several hundred homes in Glenden are now 空いている as?as 採掘 gi ant Glencore 勝利，勝つd up? its Newland coal? 採掘 操作／手術s.

Now home to いっそう少なく 500 居住（者）s, Glenden (地図／計画する pictured) is now fighting for 生き残り?

'I've grown up here, I have raised my family here, I have done everything here in this town,' Ms Phillips-Payne told The Australian.

'It can be an amazing place to raise a family ― a 安全な 環境 and all the 特別手当s that come along with living in a small community.'

Mother-of-two Felicity Niethe is another long-time 居住（者）.

'If something happens to Glenden, what's going to happen to us?' she said.

'My husband runs a 商売／仕事 here, I run the 地位，任命する office, and if we don't have people here, we don't have a 商売／仕事 here. So, what's nex t? It breaks my heart that they are not bringing people to our town.'

Most of the homes in the town are still owned by Glencore, which is open to 手渡すing over 所有権 to QCoal.

'Glencore 示すd that we were happy to consider 代案／選択肢 提案s for the Glenden community services which were 一貫した with 会合 and 基金ing our statutory 義務s,' a spokesperson said.

'We are of the 見解（をとる） that Glenden 要求するs an '錨，総合司会者 tenant' who is willing to support the town. Glencore would welcome an 協定 between QCoal and the Queensland 政府 which would see the community of Glenden continue.'

Byerwen 地雷 will create 500 職業s and produce up to 10 million tonnes once fully 操作の, によれば QCoal.

The 採掘 community is begging QCoal to help save the town and not build a 430-bed （軍の）野営地，陣営 onsite at its 地雷 20km away

隣人ing communities and towns across Queensland have 決起大会／結集させるd behind the fight to save Glenden

Glenden's amenities, 含むing the 地元の pool (pictured)? are at 危険