Miners receive twice as much in tax credits as Australia spends on environment

Exclusive: Analysis shows federal and state environment spending cut while industry awarded $2.5bn in fuel tax credits

Mining companies will receive more than twice as much in fuel tax credits as the Turnbull government will spend on environment and biodiversity programs this financial year, an analysis has found.

Coalmining companies alone are expected to get more back than the diminishing funding allocated to the federal environment department.