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A farmer whose property borders the New Acland coal mine on Queensland’s Darling Downs warns of job losses in the agricultural sector if a mine expansion is blocked.
Topics: mining-environmental-issues, mining-rural, coal, agricultural-crops, beef-cattle, land-management, land-pollution, courts-and-trials, acland-4401
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| UpdatedThe former residents of Queensland "ghost town" Acland are using census night to tell the Federal Government they want their old home preserved from destruction.
Topics: mining-rural, activism-and-lobbying, federal---state-issues, acland-4401, toowoomba-4350
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| UpdatedThere is no evidence to support claims the former the Newman government reversed its decision to oppose the expansion of the Acland mine because of political donations, Queensland corruption watchdog finds
Topics: corruption, mining-rural, mining-industry, state-parliament, liberal-national-party-queensland, acland-4401, ipswich-4305, brisbane-4000, qld
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Oakey Coal Action Alliance president Frank Ashman said he believes an expansion to the coal mine would ruin 1300 hectares of prime agricultural land.
Topics: rural, agribusiness, beef-cattle, livestock, agricultural-crops, grain, acland-4401
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Topics: rural, agribusiness, beef-cattle, livestock, agricultural-crops, grain, acland-4401
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| UpdatedFarmers on Queensland's Darling Downs say they will go to the Land Court to stop the proposed expansion of the Acland coal mine.
Topics: mining-rural, community-development, mining-environmental-issues, agricultural-policy, acland-4401, oakey-4401
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Farmers on Queensland's Darling Downs say they go to the land court to stop the proposed expansion of the Acland mine. The $900 million "stage 3" extension of the mine would see its operations continue to 2029 and production increase from 4.8 million tonnes to 7.5 million tonnes of thermal coal. The plan from the New Hope Group cleared another hurdle this week with the Queensland Environment Department issuing a draft environmental authority for the contentious project. Stud cattle breeders Frank and Lynn Ashman will live five kilometres from the mine's footprint, should the expansion get the green light.
Topics: mining-rural, community-development, mining-environmental-issues, agricultural-policy, acland-4401, oakey-4401
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Queensland Environment Minister Steven Miles said his department received more than 1,400 submissions to the draft environmental authority for the Acland mine expansion. All submitters now have the opportunity to lodge a formal objection in the Land Court, however they must do so within 20 days. "How many of those folk will decide to object? I don't know, that's ultimately up to them," he explained.
Topics: mining-rural, community-development, mining-environmental-issues, agricultural-policy, acland-4401, oakey-4401
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| UpdatedThe expansion of the controversial Acland coal mine on Queensland's western Darling Downs clears another hurdle, with the state's environment department issuing a draft authority for the $900 million project.
Topics: coal, environmental-impact, mining-environmental-issues, mining-industry, mining-rural, rural, acland-4401
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Topics: agribusiness, mining-industry, mining-rural, acland-4401
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Topics: road-transport, anglicans, acland-4401, jondaryan-4403
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| UpdatedQueensland's new mines minister Anthony Lynham admits a controversial coal mine expansion in Darling Downs will be difficult to stop.
Topics: coal, industry, business-economics-and-finance, acland-4401, qld, australia
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| UpdatedFormer Queensland premier Campbell Newman drops a defamation claim against radio presenter Alan Jones, lodged during the January state election campaign.
Topics: courts-and-trials, liberal-national-party-queensland, brisbane-4000, acland-4401, toowoomba-4350
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A Queensland mining company says a trial has confirmed rehabilitated land can be used successfully for cattle grazing.
Topics: coal, beef-cattle, agribusiness, environmentally-sustainable-business, mining-environmental-issues, environmental-management, environmental-policy, environmental-impact, environmental-health, mining-rural, acland-4401
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Nicki Laws, from the Oakey Coal Action Alliance, says while she is worried about coal mining full stop, the rehabilitation trials are not necessarily the answer.
Topics: coal, beef-cattle, mining-rural, mining-industry, mining-environmental-issues, environmentally-sustainable-business, environment-education, environmental-impact, environmental-management, environmental-policy, environmental-technology, environmental-health, acland-4401
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The rural south-east seat of Nanango is shaping up as one to watch at the Queensland election.
Topics: government-and-politics, political-parties, elections, mining-environmental-issues, environment, mining-industry, industry, business-economics-and-finance, nanango-4615, acland-4401, qld
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| UpdatedA union says some employees will lose up to $20,000 as a result of changes to shifts at a Darling Downs coal mine.
Topics: work, unions, mining-industry, acland-4401, oakey-4401, toowoomba-4350
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| UpdatedLandholders on Queensland's Darling Downs say they are fighting a losing battle to stop a huge mine expansion on prime farming country because the company behind the project is a massive donor to the conservative side of politics.
Topics: mining-rural, rural, mining-environmental-issues, acland-4401, qld, toowoomba-4350
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| UpdatedGlen Beutel is one of the last residents living next door to an open cut coal mine in the Queensland "ghost town" of Acland, about two hours drive north-west of Brisbane.
Topics: human-interest, community-and-society, mining-environmental-issues, acland-4401
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The State Government says it is expecting a broad range of views on a proposal to expand the New Acland coal mine, west of Toowoomba on southern Queensland's Darling Downs.
Topics: mining-industry, coal, mining-rural, community-development, regional-development, regional, public-sector, acland-4401, oakey-4401, toowoomba-4350
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| UpdatedThe Queensland Government says fumes from blasting at the state's open-cut coal mines have extended beyond exclusion zones more than 30 times this year.
Topics: industry, coal, qld, acland-4401, mackay-4740, rockhampton-4700, toowoomba-4350
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About 600 people attended an anti-mining rally on southern Queensland's Darling Downs last night.
Topics: activism-and-lobbying, regional, mining-environmental-issues, states-and-territories, public-sector, agricultural-policy, mining-rural, oakey-4401, toowoomba-4350, acland-4401
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A southern Queensland coal producer says the Federal Government should use a delay in implementing the emissions trading scheme (ETS) to make it fairer for the mining sector.
Topics: emissions-trading, coal, climate-change, federal-government, acland-4401, dalby-4405, oakey-4401, toowoomba-4350
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One of the last residents of a Darling Downs' town being consumed for a coal mine has urged others to keep up the fight to save their communities.
Topics: mining-industry, activism-and-lobbying, acland-4401, toowoomba-4350
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A bulldozer driver has had a lucky escape after his vehicle went over a 20-metre cliff edge at a coal mine on southern Queensland's Darling Downs.
Topics: workplace, acland-4401, oakey-4401, toowoomba-4350