(Decanter) - The continuing battle to prevent mining exploration in the Margaret River region has reached an uncertain stalemate, with little sign that a quick resolution will be forthcoming. An appeal was started this year by Save our Southwest, a coalition formed by the Margaret River agricultural community, which is seeking an injunction to stop the Canadian-based company Western Coal mining in the area. Western Coal failed to attend an administrative court hearing scheduled for 29 September. ‘This demonstrates the overseas developers have no connection or empathy to the place and couldn't give a damn about anything but their money’, Vanya Cullen of Cullen Wines told Decanter.com.