NSW Labor matches Coalition, saying 'no plan' to raise coal royalty rates

Idemitsu's Boggabri open-cut mine. The Japanese parent company has complained to the NSW government about its coal reservation scheme. Picture from Idemitsu

THE NSW Opposition has matched a pledge from the Perrottet government not to raise the percentage rate of coal royalties if elected to government.

"NSW Labor is not proposing to alter mining royalties," a government spokesperson said yesterday afternoon.