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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Michael Parris

Labor slams government's port 'backflip'

Port of Newcastle chief executive Craig Carmody and, inset, the Herald's 2016 front-page story which revealed the secret container penalties.

Labor has accused the NSW government of a "stunning backflip" over the state's port privatisations after the Coalition agreed to scrap penalties on Newcastle developing a container terminal.

As reported in the Newcastle Herald on Tuesday morning, the government has agreed to remove restrictions on Port of Newcastle building a freight terminal if the private operator tops up its $1.75 billion lease payment to the state.

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