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Queensland opposition questions why landowners were not informed of contamination outside Linc Energy site

Queensland Opposition Leader David Crisafulli has questioned why the state government did not inform the public when high levels of toxic chemicals were found in bores outside the Linc Energy underground coal gasification project in Hopeland, near Chinchilla.

The controversial Linc Energy project was conducted on the Darling Downs between 2000 and 2013 but was shut down after an Environment Department investigation found the site was highly contaminated. 

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