Queensland councils say they won't own Adani airport despite paying $34m
by Michael McGowan from Environment | The Guardian on (#3DHQ9)
Councils backtrack on previous statements and say they do not own the site or have any say in how facility is built
Two Queensland councils that together contributed $34m to an airport serving Adani's coalmine have contradicted previous statements and now say they do not own the site or have any say in how the facility is built.
Townsville and Rockhampton councils announced in October that they would spend $18.5m and $15.5m respectively on an airport hundreds of kilometres away at the Carmichael coalmine as part of a funding deal with Adani.
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