Approval for Adani's Carmichael coalmine overturned by federal court

Case brought against mine alleged environment minister Greg Hunt approved project without regard for conservation advice for two endangered species

The federal court has overturned the Abbott government's approval of Australia's largest proposed coal project, Adani's Carmichael mine in north Queensland.

The court has ruled the environment minister, Greg Hunt, ignored his own department's advice about the mine's impact on two vulnerable species, the yakka skink and the ornamental snake.