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Palmer Galilee project to drain water supplies: LTGA

CLIVE Palmer’s proposed Galilee Coal project in Queensland’s Galilee Basin will extract an estimated 780 billion litres of groundwater during its 30 year lifespan, an analysis by the Lock the Gate Alliance has found.

 Clive Palmer.

Clive Palmer.

Palmer's Waratah Coal company last month applied for a mining licence for the project, formerly known as China First. It was the company's first move in relation to the mine in six years, with federal...

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