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Pressure is mounting from both sides of politics on the Palaszczuk Government to step in and approve the long-delayed New Acland coal mine expansion with hundreds of jobs on the line.
There are calls urging the State Government create new laws protect and push forward with the mine s expansion, as the Bligh Government did in 2007 with the Xstrata Wollombi mine.
New Hope Coal employees at the Port of Brisbane, L-R, Robby Sharp, Brent Stewart, Harry Redmond and Dale Sharp. Picture: Glenn Hunt
There are fears continued delays could scare off international companies looking to invest in resources projects in Queensland. ....

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