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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Michael Parris

Minister vows to ensure coal test accuracy after allegations

A dragline excavator at Glencore's Hunter Valley Operations mine in 2019. Picture by Marina Neil

Energy Minister Chris Bowen says he wants to ensure the "absolute accuracy" of claims made by Australian companies about the quality of coal exports.

Mr Bowen's comments followed accusations levelled in Parliament on Monday that mining companies, coal testers, bankers and auditors were complicit in falsifying tests to make coal exports appear cleaner than they were and bribing overseas customer representatives to cover it up.

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