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Barrier Reef dredging: Queensland approves plan dump spoil on land

2014-09-08 09:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

AAP: The Queensland government wants to pay for dredged seabed from a major coal port expansion to be dumped on land instead of in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. The premier, Campbell Newman, announced on Monday that cabinet had approved a new disposal plan for dredge spoil at the Abbot Point coal port near Bowen, which would reuse the material on land. The federal environment minister, Greg Hunt, has been asked to fast-track the application. It comes despite North Queensland Bulk Ports...

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