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Sarah Spina-Matthews

'Political intervention' after mine court order slammed

One government has stepped in over a court ruling that risked job losses before Christmas. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

A state government's intervention to save jobs at a mine central to a recent high court ruling has been labelled dangerous by climate activists.

The court previously delivered a 3-2 split ruling in favour of community environmentalists who challenged an expansion at MACH Energy's Mount Pleasant coal mine in NSW's Hunter region.

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