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New Acland Supreme Court decision a job saver: QRC

THE Queensland Supreme Court’s decision to overturn last year’s Land Court decision on the expansion of the New Hope’s New Acland mine provided “new hope” for up to 3000 direct and indirect jobs, Queensland Resources Council Chief Executive Ian Macfarlane said.

 The Supreme Court decision on the New Acland expansion has been hailed by the QRC.

The Supreme Court decision on the New Acland expansion has been hailed by the QRC.

He said that without the expansion, the mine was due to cease operations in about 2020 putting hundreds of people out of work and creating massive economic pain in Oakey, the surrounding areas and Toowoomba....

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