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High Court delivers another blow to New Acland, orders fresh hearings
Wednesday February 03, 2021
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.
The New Hope Group has waited for stage 3 approval for 13 years. Photo: ABC
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 process began in…
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