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Pembroke’s Olive Downs coal mine approved despite department’s concerns about waterways
A massive coal mine that was a key platform in Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s election campaign gained approvals despite the environmental regulator raising serious concerns behind the scenes about lasting impacts on surrounding waterways, ABC Investigations can reveal.
Key points:
- Queensland’s Environment Department detailed concerns about the voids that will be left on the floodplain after the mine has closed
- The state’s coordinator-general recommended environmental approval for the mine despite the concerns
- The mining company was a client of Labor powerbroker Cameron Milner’s lobbying firm
Pembroke Resources has received approval for a coking coal mine south-west of Moranbah in central Queensland that will straddle the Isaac…
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