Tuesday, November 22

New Checks Could Choke Coal and Gas, Say Miners


MINERS have accused Julia Gillard of risking the future of the coal and coal-seam gas industries after she secured parliamentary support for her new mining tax by promising to impose new environmental conditions on projects.   
And the opposition has accused the Prime Minister of damaging the burgeoning CSG sector to placate independent MPs Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott, who face pressure over gas expansion in their own electorates.


The Australian

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