Guardian: Queensland premier Campbell Newman has urged Tony Abbott to approve massive new coal projects in the state "as soon as possible", despite a warning from the mining industry over the need to wind back developments.
Newman said he had been called by the prime minister elect to discuss the "blockers" faced by the Queensland government. He said he told Abbott "to get out of the way and let this government get on with taking the state forward economically".
"I said without any hesitation that we...