After 15 years of legal battles, the recruitment drive for Queensland's newest approved thermal coal mine is finally underway — but now environmentalists plan to launch fresh legal action.
This week, environmental group Lock the Gate and Oakey Coal Action Alliance made an application for an internal review of the associated water licence granted to the controversial New Acland Coal mine – which could allow for a new challenge in the Land Court.
The proposed expansion of the mine, near Toowoomba in southern Queensland, was approved in August 2022 by the Palaszczuk government, and an associated water licence was granted under the Water Act last October.
