“Youth Verdict members come from all around Queensland and many have experienced climate-fuelled droughts, floods, bushfires, storms. Young Queenslanders and rural landholders, represented by the EDO, have appeared in Queensland’s Land Court for the first time in their landmark legal case against Clive Palmer’s Galilee Coal Project. He has iron ore, nickel and coal holdings. A Clive Palmer-controlled company has applied for a mining lease and environmental authority to build a massive coalmine four times the size of Adani’s in the Queensland Galilee Basin. Follow our live coverage of the US election results, ABC's rolling coverage of the US election results, By national environment, technology and science reporter Michael Slezak. The 300 year old trees, heathland and wetlands that make up Bimblebox cannot be offset or replaced.

While coal from mines in the Galilee has usually been earmarked for China or India, those countries have been moving to end their reliance on imported coal. That experience motivates me to fight for the safe future my generation deserves.”. Lock the Gate is considering its options ahead of the 2 December deadline to lodge an objection with Queensland's mine assessment authority. Our groundwater is all we have to depend on. Clive Palmer is looking to build a new open-cut coal mine on his central Queensland cattle station, despite his collapsed Queensland Nickel refinery still owing more than $300 million. Bees bounce back from drought and fires as NSW rains bring bumper crops, 'World-class whingers': SA Government rejects travel voucher scheme concerns. "The black throated finch habitat that is on the Carmichael mine footprint and the footprints of mines neighbouring it are, without doubt, the best black throated finch habitat that remains," she said. Environmentalists have called for the Federal Government to reject the new application out-of-hand, without a full assessment. “The Bimblebox Nature Refuge is a sanctuary to thousands of animals and home to the iconic Rufus Betong.

Watch SBS World News live daily at 6:30pm on TV and on our app. The Alpha North Coal Mine Project would be a series of open-cut and underground mines covering an area of 144,000 hectares, according to documents submitted to the federal Department of Environment and Energy by Mr Palmer's Waratah Coal. By subscribing, you agree to SBS’s terms of service and privacy policy including receiving email updates from SBS. Donald Trump and Joe Biden supporters face off outside counting centres amid cliffhanger election, Here are all the legal challenges the Republicans have launched since Election Day.

Waratah Coal's application recognised it would potentially have a significant impact on a number of protected species including the southern black throated finch, which is endangered and already significantly impacted by the proposed Carmichael mine. Ask Amazon Alexa for the latest SBS News or listen to SBS Radio. They pointed to the impact the mine would potentially have on climate change, freshwater springs, the Great Artesian Basin and threatened species in the area including the black-throated finch and koalas. Across Australia, communities like this are on the front line, defending their homes and our future against mining giants. ‘We’re going to win this race’: Joe Biden strikes optimistic note as his lead over Donald Trump widens in key states, White House chief of staff Mark Meadows tests positive to COVID-19. Sign up now for the latest news from Australia and around the world direct to your inbox.

“The Bimblebox Alliance has objected to this coal mine because it will destroy a protected area – the Bimblebox Nature Refuge. Waratah Coal has been contacted for comment. In documents to the Government, the company said its mine could cause contamination of surface water and erosion of natural waterways. Authorised by David Morris, Environmental Defenders Office Ltd, Level 5, 263 Clarence Street, Sydney NSW 2000, Young people and landholders unite to challenge Clive Palmer’s coal mine. SBS acknowledges the traditional owners of country throughout Australia. The group claims the company’s proposed Galilee Coal Project in central Queensland violates their human rights because of the contribution it will make to climate change. Victoria records eighth straight day with no new coronavirus cases, as state prepares for eased restrictions, Junaid can't vote in this weekend's Myanmar election because he's Rohingya, Swathes of Italy re-enter lockdown as coronavirus infections surge past 12 million across Europe. Please select the editions you would like to sign up to. Five other mines proposed for the Galilee basin have received federal environmental approval, but all except Adani's appear to have stalled. Why is the US election vote count taking so long? We will fight this proposed development because it is totally inappropriate land-use to destroy this nature refuge for a coal mine.”. This is the first time a coal mine has been challenged on human rights grounds in Australia and the first climate change case by young people in Australia. Mr Palmer's Waratah Coal won federal government environmental approval for its Galilee Coal project in 2013, but has not progressed its proposal until now. It has alarmed environmentalists and landholders. A company owned by Clive Palmer has renewed plans to build a massive coal mine in Queensland's Galilee Basin that would dwarf Adani's Carmichael project. Analyst at consultancy Energy & Resource Insights Adam Walters said "there are a lot of things that make this project very speculative". The company has applied to the Queensland Government for a mining licence and environmental authorisation to build two open-cut pits and four underground mines to produce 40 million tonnes of coal a year. In what the ABC has described as “an Australian legal first,” an environmental group called Youth Verdict has lodged legal action against Clive Palmer’s Waratah Coal. “Today is an important first step in this landmark case, the first day in court for our clients as they challenge Clive Palmer’s Galilee Coal Project.