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Minns government introduces anti-democratic coal law, vows to limit IPC’s climate role
Lock the Gate says dangerous anti-democratic laws introduced by the Minns Government in parliament today undermine a landmark High Court ruling, and warns that further top-down measures to instruct the Independent Planning Commission about how to think about climate change in mining decisions will fuel public cynicism and distrust.
Labor and One Nation voters reject Minns’ coal mine shortcut
As the Minns government rushes controversial legislation to allow MACH Energy’s Mount Pleasant coal mine to expand production and bypass a recent High Court judgement, polling of NSW voters shows Minns’ coal mine shortcut is not supported and the state wants the normal planning process to run its course.
Gasfield residents and experts demand independent investigation into CSG impacts
More than 65 gasfield residents and health and environmental experts have passed a resolution calling for the Queensland government to conduct a comprehensive, independent investigation into the health impacts of the gas industry.
Statewide protests: Queensland residents stand up for their right to have a say on mining projects
Residents have delivered a petition signed by over 6000 Queenslanders to MP offices across the state today, to demand the LNP government scrap proposed laws that would stop the public from having a say on mining projects.
Minns government manufactures jobs crisis to justify coal pollution expansion
The Premier has announced that the NSW Government intends to introduce laws to allow the Mount Pleasant mine to increase its annual production by nearly a third.
Support for coal communities one step closer as Future Jobs and Investment Bill clears Legislative Council
Hunter Valley community groups have welcomed last night’s passage of the Future Jobs and Investment Bill in the NSW Parliament’s Legislative Council, which marks a major step towards a more secure future for the state’s coal-dependent regions as global coal demand wanes.
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