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Oakey's New Acland coal mine faces fresh Land Court challenge over water licence

The expanded New Acland mine is expected to produce its first shipment of coal in August. (ABC Southern Queensland: Nathan Morris)

Just when a controversial Queensland mine expansion seemed all but complete, an eleventh-hour legal bid aims to stop it in its tracks.

The Oakey Coal Action Alliance (OCAA) has lodged an application in the Queensland Land Court seeking to overturn the government's 2022 decision to approve the licence needed for the expansion of the New Acland mine on the Darling Downs.

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