Court recommends $900m New Acland mine be rejected
by Joshua Robertson from on (#2RAQC)
In historic decision, land court advises Queensland government to refuse environmental and mining licences
A court has recommended the Queensland government reject a controversial coalmine in what farmers and lawyers hailed as a historic victory in one of Australia's largest environmental public interest cases.
The saga of the $900m New Acland mine proposal, which included a public slanging match between the broadcaster Alan Jones and Campbell Newman that led to a defamation suit by the former premier, drew to an extraordinary conclusion with a ruling by a land court member, Paul Smith, on Wednesday.
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