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Annastacia Palaszczuk greenlights $1 billion Olive Downs coal mine ahead of state election
Annastacia Palaszczuk has thrown her support behind Queensland’s resources sector one month out from the state election, green-lighting a new $1 billion coal mine.
Penbroke’s Olive Downs project, located southwest of Mackay, will generate 1000 regional jobs.
Speaking from central Queensland on Tuesday, Ms Palaszczuk dismissed calls her government hadn’t previously supported mining projects, particularly coal.
“We support all the resource industries in this state,” she said, adding…
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