Promising...Labor has said it would scrap hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of taxpayer funding for the controversial Carmichael coalmine in central Queensland if it took power in the state election. The opposition environment spokeswoman, Jackie Trad, said Labor would abandon the “unprecedented” taxpayer support of Indian mining company Adani shown by the Newman government, which “appeared to be the only investor to date”. Trad told Guardian Australia of Labor’s plans to roll back three years of “green tape” cuts by the Liberal National party government, including restoring wild rivers protection laws and legal rights for communities and activists to object to mining projects. She also spoke of giving the Crime and Corruption Commission (CCC) “the proper resources and independent statutory leadership” to give proper scrutiny to contentious decisions made in favour of large political donors.
Posted on: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 10:29:53 +0000
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