NSW Minerals Council pressured 'publicly and privately' for review of planning body

Icac hears lobby group pressured government after IPC blocked mine on environmental grounds

The head of New South Wales's mining lobby said his group had "publicly and privately" pressured government to review the state's independent planning body after it blocked a new coalmine on environmental grounds, an anti-corruption probe has heard.

The NSW Minerals Council chief executive, Stephen Galilee, fronted the Independent Commission Against Corruption (Icac) on Monday to answer questions about the way his organisation attempts to influence government.