Queensland court dismisses green group's challenge to Adani coalmine

Land court finds mining leases should be granted for Carmichael mine but with tightened environmental conditions

Queensland's land court has dismissed a challenge by conservationists to Adani's Carmichael mine, Australia's largest proposed coal project.

The land court president, Carmel MacDonald, recommended the state government approve the mine but with extra conditions around monitoring the impact on waterways and a local threatened species, the black-throated finch.