A coalition of traditional owners and environment groups are challenging a recent Supreme Court ruling that found it was not unlawful when the Northern Territory Mining Minister slashed the rehabilitation bond at one of the world's largest lead and zinc mines.
In April, lawyers from the Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) lost a long-running legal battle over the McArthur River Mine, which sits about 1,000km south-east of Darwin near the community of Borroloola, and has been at the centre of a string of environmental scandals.
