Coast and Country climate change appeal against Alpha Coal project dismissed

Sally Gall
Updated September 27 2016 - 5:31pm, first published 1:50pm
Starting off: Hancock Prospecting chairman Gina Rinehart with then-federal Resources and Energy Minister Martin Ferguson at the opening of the Alpha Coal project in 2010. Picture: Sally Cripps.
Starting off: Hancock Prospecting chairman Gina Rinehart with then-federal Resources and Energy Minister Martin Ferguson at the opening of the Alpha Coal project in 2010. Picture: Sally Cripps.

An appeal by conservation group Coast and Country against environmental approvals for the Alpha Coal Project in central Queensland has been dismissed in Queensland’s Supreme Court.

Sally Gall

Sally Gall

Senior journalist - Queensland Country Life/North Queensland Register

Based at Blackall, CW Qld, where I've raised a family, run Merino sheep and beef cattle, and helped develop a region - its history, tourism, education and communications. Get in touch at 0427 575 955 if you've got a story idea for me.

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