Clive Palmer’s Queensland coalmine will harm future generations, court finds in landmark climate ruling

First Nations challenge over Galilee mine approval succeeds in land court, but final decision rests with state government

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A Queensland court has found the plans of a company owned by Clive Palmer to dig Australia's largest thermal coalmine in central Queensland infringe upon the human rights of future generations, in landmark climate case.

The Queensland land court's president, Fleur Kingham, said the case was not about whether any new coalmine should be approved, but whether this coalmine should be approved on its merits".

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