Bulldozer driver survives 20m cliff fall
A bulldozer driver has had a lucky escape after his vehicle went over a 20-metre cliff edge at a coal mine on southern Queensland's Darling Downs.
View ArticleResidents urged to fight mine plans
One of the last residents of a Darling Downs' town being consumed for a coal mine has urged others to keep up the fight to save their communities.
View ArticleNew Hope says emissions scheme cost still too high
A southern Queensland coal producer says the Federal Government should use a delay in implementing the emissions trading scheme (ETS) to make it fairer for the mining sector.
View ArticleGovernment slated over southern Qld farmland mining
About 600 people attended an anti-mining rally on southern Queensland's Darling Downs last night.
View ArticleMiners deny gas impact from open cut blasts
The Queensland Government says fumes from blasting at the state's open-cut coal mines have extended beyond exclusion zones more than 30 times this year.
View ArticleCommunity gets say on coal mine expansion
The State Government says it is expecting a broad range of views on a proposal to expand the New Acland coal mine, west of Toowoomba on southern Queensland's Darling Downs.
View ArticleThe coal mine's neighbour: Remembering Acland
Glen Beutel is one of the last residents living next door to an open cut coal mine in the Queensland "ghost town" of Acland, about two hours drive north-west of Brisbane.
View ArticleConcerns over coal mine owner's links to Queensland Government
Landholders on Queensland's Darling Downs say they are fighting a losing battle to stop a huge mine expansion on prime farming country because the company behind the project is a massive donor to the...
View ArticleSome New Acland Mine workers face pay cut from reduced hours: union
A union says some employees will lose up to $20,000 as a result of changes to shifts at a Darling Downs coal mine.
View ArticleAcland mine expansion could help decide who wins Nanango
The rural south-east seat of Nanango is shaping up as one to watch at the Queensland election.
View ArticleOakey Coal Action Alliance's Nicki Laws has concerns
Nicki Laws, from the Oakey Coal Action Alliance, says while she is worried about coal mining full stop, the rehabilitation trials are not necessarily the answer.
View ArticleCoal mine conducts commercial cattle grazing trial
A Queensland mining company says a trial has confirmed rehabilitated land can be used successfully for cattle grazing.
View ArticleCampbell Newman drops Alan Jones defamation lawsuit
Former Queensland premier Campbell Newman drops a defamation claim against radio presenter Alan Jones, lodged during the January state election campaign.
View ArticleControversial Darling Downs coal mine under scrutiny
Queensland's new mines minister Anthony Lynham admits a controversial coal mine expansion in Darling Downs will be difficult to stop.
View ArticleControversial Qld mine gets draft authority for expansion
The expansion of the controversial Acland coal mine on Queensland's western Darling Downs clears another hurdle, with the state's environment department issuing a draft authority for the $900 million...
View ArticleQueensland farmers set to launch action in the Land Court to stop Acland mine...
Farmers on Queensland's Darling Downs say they will go to the Land Court to stop the proposed expansion of the Acland coal mine.
View ArticleQld Environment Minister Steven Miles discusses the Acland expansion
Queensland Environment Minister Steven Miles said his department received more than 1,400 submissions to the draft environmental authority for the Acland mine expansion. All submitters now have the...
View ArticleGraziers Frank and Lynn Ashman prepare to take fight over Acland to Land Court
Farmers on Queensland's Darling Downs say they go to the land court to stop the proposed expansion of the Acland mine. The $900 million "stage 3" extension of the mine would see its operations...
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