A resources company says it will “pursue all avenues” to overturn the Queensland government’s decision to reject its coal exploration licence in an area of prime farmland near a marine breeding ground for the southern Great Barrier Reef.
The move from Fox Resources has sparked calls for the federal candidates for two central Queensland seats – including the resources minister, Keith Pitt – to “put an end” to mining development licence MDL3040 by joining widespread opposition to the coking coal proposal north of Bundaberg.
