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By Georgie Hewson

Locals in regional Queensland town Oakey are divided over plans to reopen New Acland thermal coal mine

A small town in regional Queensland is divided over the state government's approval of plans to expand the New Acland thermal coal mine.

Resources Minister Scott Stewart approved the project on Friday afternoon, ending more than a decade of uncertainty for Oakey, a town of 4,000 people near Toowoomba.

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