Furious Barnaby Joyce blames Labor for Shenhua Watermark mine in February recording – video

Barnaby Joyce blames Labor when asked about the Shenhua Watermark mine by the Greens' Adam Bandt in February. The environment minister, Greg Hunt, has given the go-ahead for the Chinese-owned coalmine on the NSW Liverpool Plains, but Joyce points out it was NSW Labor, under Ian Macdonald, who initially granted the exploration licence. The Independent Commission Against Corruption found Macdonald acted corruptly in granting the Doyles Creek mining licence. There is no suggestion of illegal activity in the granting of the Watermark mine licence to Shenhua Continue reading...