Nationals Senator Matt Canavan says he is “deadset against” Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek’s decision to block a coal project, which was the first-ever refusal of a mine under national laws.
“We have 34 coal mines that operate in the Bowen Basin, all of them are close to the Great Barrier Reef, most of them have operated for decades,” he told Sky News host Andrew Bolt.
“And guess what has happened over those decades? We now have record coral cover on the Great Barrier Reef.”
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