New groundwater laws for mining enshrine exceptions for Adani

By Tom Crothers
Updated November 16 2016 - 4:23pm, first published November 15 2016 - 9:43pm
Water laws enshrine exceptions for Adani
Water laws enshrine exceptions for Adani

After a 35-year career in natural resource and water management, I have never been as worried as I am now about potential damage to Queensland’s most valuable asset; groundwater. Last week the Queensland Parliament settled on a new water management regime for mining in Queensland. Sadly, it is not much of a surprise that Adani received special and preferential treatment once again.  

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