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NSW government blamed for destruction of world-renowned ecology by approving coal mines near Blue Mountains
There are calls for a moratorium on coal mining in state parks near the Blue Mountains after members of New South Wales parliament visited the critically endangered habitats at risk of being explored underneath.
Key points:
- Four state MPs have joined calls to grant 39,000 hectares of parks near Lithgow a State Conservation Area
- Liberal Catherine Cusack says her government’s planning department have made “mistakes”, contributing to the draining of swamps
- ‘Destination Pagoda’ is a tourism plan for the Gardens of Stone reservation proposal
Long-serving NSW Liberal MLC Catherine Cusack is blaming her own party’s “erroneous” environmental approvals processes for allowing Centennial Coal to longwall mine below swamps, home to endangered…
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