2021-05-05T09:16:00+01:00
Liberty Mutual is facing calls to rule out providing support for coal expansion anywhere in the world after indicating it will not move forward with its proposed Baralaba South coal mine in Australia following sustained activist pressure.
The carrier – the sole owner of Mount Ramsay Coal Company, which was looking to build the proposed mine – did not file the necessary Environmental Impact Statement by the 30 April deadline which would have allowed the project to proceed.
Local community groups had battled to block the plans for close to a decade, arguing that the mine would have catastrophic impacts on the rights of the Woorabinda Aboriginal community, local agricultural land and ecosystems, including nearby emu habitats, as well as the global climate.
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Subscriber only A new budget and executive has been established for the recently constituted Central Queensland Regional Organisation of Councils. More than $190,000 will be shared between Banana, Central Highlands, Gladstone, Livingstone, Rockhampton and Woorabinda Aboriginal councils to fund activities up until the next financial year. CQROC was established last September after Gladstone Regional Council voted to work with other councils to enhance Central Queensland s economic growth, social capacity and environmental sustainability. The entity was formed following the winding up of the Central Queensland Local Government Association in 2013. In Tuesday s general meeting, Gladstone Regional Council voted unanimously on the established budget between councils.