Eddie Obeid objects to planned coal mine next to family farm

By Anne Davies
Updated November 25 2015 - 8:13pm, first published 5:00pm
Eddie Obeid's family owns Cherrydale Farm in the Bylong Valley. Photo: Daniel Munoz
Eddie Obeid's family owns Cherrydale Farm in the Bylong Valley. Photo: Daniel Munoz
 The farm gate at Cherrydale Park, the Obeid family property, with Mount Penny in the background. Photo: Brock Perks
The farm gate at Cherrydale Park, the Obeid family property, with Mount Penny in the background. Photo: Brock Perks
Bylong Catholic Church and cemetery, which is listed under the State Heritage Register and National Trust of Australia. Photo: Brendan Esposito
Bylong Catholic Church and cemetery, which is listed under the State Heritage Register and National Trust of Australia. Photo: Brendan Esposito

A company linked to former disgraced Labor power broker Eddie Obeid has lodged a formal objection to plans for a major open cut and underground coal mine directly to the east of the family's prized cattle property, Cherrydale Park, in the Bylong Valley.

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