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New Acland coal mine High Court ruling relieves farmers but torments workers
In all her 84 years, Alpaca farmer Aileen Harrison had never set foot in a courtroom — but that changed when she took on a powerful coal mine.
Key points:
- Aileen Harrison says she will continue fighting the New Acland mine, but for now she’ll tend to her alpacas
- She says more Queensland Land Court hearings, triggered by a High Court decision, could prove to be a gruelling process
- Mine worker Glynn Marshall says he and his colleagues have been left feeling helpless about their future
Now the president of the Oakey Coal Action Alliance (OCAA), Ms Harrison is well-acquainted with the law.
This week the OCAA won a High Court of Australia appeal against the New Hope Group’s proposed expansion of the New Acland coal mine.
But the decades-long…
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