Farmers, local residents and environmentalists fighting the New Acland thermal coal mine in Queensland’s Darling Downs are not done yet.
A group of Queensland farmers and environmentalists fighting one of the nation’s most controversial coal mines has flagged the possibility of a new Supreme Court challenge to stop New Acland Coal expanding through the state’s Darling Downs agricultural region.
“However, there are still obstacles and hurdles in the approvals process for New Hope,” said Paul King of the Oakey Coal Action Alliance . The OCAA believed there were deficiencies in the document “that would allow unlawful activity of the kind we’ve previously seen,” King said, referring to the alleged illegal mining of what has become known as West Pit, which has encroached to within several hundred metres of homes.
In December last year, the Land Court recommended approvals be granted, subject to certain new conditions.
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