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High Court delivers blow to New Acland, orders fresh hearings
Wednesday February 03, 2021
Queensland farmers fighting to stop a coal project they say threatens their community have won a court battle to get a fresh hearing on the proposed mine expansion.
The New Hope Group has waited for stage 3 approval for 13 years. (Photo: ABC)
The company behind the New Acland coal mine on the Darling Downs west of Brisbane has been trying to expand its open-cut coal mine for nearly 14 years.
But farmers and community members with the Oakey Coal Action Alliance (OCAA) have objected, raising issues about air quality, dust, noise, climate change and impacts on…
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