NSW Labor pushes Berejiklian government to ‘come clean’ on reported Shenhua coalmine deal

Reports suggest a final agreement has been reached to buy back Liverpool Plains mine licence as government says a lease remains under assessment

New South Wales Labor has called on the Berejiklian government to come clean" on whether it has reached a deal to buy out the exploration licence for the proposed Shenhua Watermark coalmine in the Liverpool Plains.

The Sydney Morning Herald reported on Tuesday that an agreement had been reached that would see the government pay the Chinese mining company to walk away from the project, which has been fiercely opposed by farmers in the region for more than a decade.