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High Court orders fresh hearings into approvals for New Acland coal mine expansion
The High Court has ordered fresh hearings into the planned expansion of a controversial coal mine on Queensland’s Darling Downs, potentially putting a halt to the project.
Key points:
- A group of Darling Downs landholders win their appeal against the planned expansion of the New Acland coal mine
- The mine’s owners, New Hope Group, has been seeking approvals for the mine since 2007
- The case will be sent back to the Queensland Land Court for fresh hearings
The court has spent the past four months considering an appeal from the Oakey Coal Action Alliance (OCAA) against the stage 3 expansion of the New Acland coal mine, 180 kilometres west of Brisbane.
The OCAA, which comprises more than 60 landholders, has opposed the project since the approvals…
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