Traditional owners have taken legal action on Adani’s newly approved mining leases for it’s Carmichael coal mine. Wangan and Jagalingou (W&J) representatives filed an interlocutory...
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A formidable team of business, energy, and environmental experts will lead the public inquiry into establishing Queensland’s 50 per cent renewable energy target by 2030. Minister for Energy and Water...
Landholders and communities will regain their right to object to mining developments under legislation introduced to Parliament this week. State Development Minister Dr Anthony Lynham said the State...
The Palaszczuk Government released the state budget today, announcing a $29.7 million investment in 2015-16 to support drought-affected landholders, protect water resources and underpin the...
A Palaszczuk Government gas action plan will fire up growth and jobs in the gas industry from the wellhead through to gas-fired manufacturing and export LNG. Minister for State Development and...
More than 1300 people have objected to the proposed expansion of New Hope’s Acland mine earmarked for important farmland at the Darling Downs. Submissions closed this week for the Environmental...
A new $18 million power plant will be built on Palm Island, off Townsville, after being given the go ahead by the Palaszczuk Government. Treasurer and Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait...
THE State Government has committed $100,000 to renew an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander jobs partnership with the Queensland Resources Council. Treasurer and Minister for Aboriginal and Torres...
FOURTEEN indigenous women will be climbing behind the wheel as haul truck operators as part of a new iniative, Sisters in Mining. The women, from Woorabinda in central Queensland, will be up-skilled...
A national think tank is urging Queensland’s newly-minted Palaszczuk government to prioritise making the state attractive to investors or “risk losing major projects such as the...
