Plan to bulldoze almost 2,000 hectares of land in Great Barrier Reef catchment rejected

Exclusive: Sussan Ley uses national environment laws to refuse proposal to clear land at Kingvale Station

Sussan Ley has rejected an application for almost 2,000 hectares of land-clearing on Kingvale Station in the Great Barrier Reef catchment.

The long-awaited decision was quietly published on Tuesday night at the same time as the federal government announced it had approved Santos's Narrabri gas project in New South Wales.