Queensland’s Environment Department has given the New Acland Coal expansion a second chance after the company lost its trial in the Land Courts last year.
Due to the mine’s unpredictable effect on long-term groundwater supplies, the court ruled against its expansion into agricultural land on Queensland’s Darling Downs.
However, despite the court’s ruling, New Acland Coal was recently again invited by the Environment Department to submit water modelling at the end of last year.