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A retired judge will review the state’s environmental powers and penalties following years-long criticism about the government’s investigations into a coal mine.
New Hope Group mined hundreds of millions of dollars of coal from a pit never identified in environmental approvals. But the Queensland government did not take the matter to court. The miner could plant $2 million worth of trees instead.