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Community decries government 'arrogance' over fracking bill
By Josh Brine, Liz Rymill, and Selina Green

Producers on South Australia's Limestone Coast say they are stunned by a government proposal to lift the fracking ban in the region.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-15/south-east-locals-react-to-fracking-moratorium-removal/106677856

#OilandGas #MiningEnvironmentalIssues #StateandTerritoryGovernment #Agriculture #EnvironmentalPolicy #JoshBrine #LizRymill # #SelinaGreen

Lithium giant's free car wash proposal 'ironic' for dust-covered town
By Neve Brissenden

Residents plagued by dust from Australia's oldest and largest lithium mine say a plan for a free car wash by the mine's owner misses the mark.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-14/talison-lithium-carwash-plan-greenbushes-dust/106673900

#MiningEnvironmentalIssues #Lithium #RegionalCommunities #MiningandMetalsIndustry #AirPollution #Environment #Health #NeveBrissenden

Lithium giant's free car wash proposal 'ironic' for dust-covered town
By Neve Brissenden

Residents plagued by dust from Australia's oldest and largest lithium mine say a plan for a free car wash by the mine's owner misses the mark.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-14/talison-lithium-carwash-plan-greenbushes-dust/106673900

#MiningEnvironmentalIssues #Lithium #RegionalCommunities #MiningandMetalsIndustry #AirPollution #Environment #Health #NeveBrissenden

Lithium giant's free car wash proposal 'ironic' for dust-covered town
By Neve Brissenden

Residents plagued by dust from Australia's oldest and largest lithium mine say a plan for a free car wash by the mine's owner misses the mark.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-14/talison-lithium-carwash-plan-greenbushes-dust/106673900

#MiningEnvironmentalIssues #Lithium #RegionalCommunities #MiningandMetalsIndustry #AirPollution #Environment #Health #NeveBrissenden

Lithium giant's free car wash proposal 'ironic' for dust-covered town
By Neve Brissenden

Residents plagued by dust from Australia's oldest and largest lithium mine say a plan for a free car wash by the mine's owner misses the mark.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-14/talison-lithium-carwash-plan-greenbushes-dust/106673900

#MiningEnvironmentalIssues #Lithium #RegionalCommunities #MiningandMetalsIndustry #AirPollution #Environment #Health #NeveBrissenden

Lithium giant's free car wash proposal 'ironic' for dust-covered town
By Neve Brissenden

Residents plagued by dust from Australia's oldest and largest lithium mine say a plan for a free car wash by the mine's owner misses the mark.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-14/talison-lithium-carwash-plan-greenbushes-dust/106673900

#MiningEnvironmentalIssues #Lithium #RegionalCommunities #MiningandMetalsIndustry #AirPollution #Environment #Health #NeveBrissenden

High Court to hear appeal over 22-year Mount Pleasant coal mine extension
By Elizabeth Byrne

The High Court will hear a major climate change case that could affect mining approvals, as the operator of the Mount Pleasant coal mine seeks to overturn a ruling blocking the project's extension.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-13/high-court-climate-change-mining-projects-planning-authority/106671456

#MiningEnvironmentalIssues #Courts #MiningandMetalsIndustry #ElizabethByrne

Investigators head to Geraldton as dust fears rise with iron ore expansion
By Joanna Prendergast, Chris Lewis, and Piper Duffy

Geraldton residents say dust from expanding iron ore operations is blanketing homes, boats and businesses, fuelling fears the coastal city could turn into "the next Port Hedland".

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-09/dust-fears-surround-growing-port-of-geraldton/106627060

#AirPollution #MiningEnvironmentalIssues #RegionalCommunities #EnvironmentalImpacts #IronOre #EnvironmentalHealth #JoannaPrendergast #ChrisLewis # #PiperDuffy

NT taxpayers to be hit with $75m bill if fracking project fails
By Jack Hislop

Northern Territory taxpayers will be hit with a $75 million bill if Tamboran Resources, one of the key Beetaloo Basin fracking companies, is unable to repay its lenders.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-08/beetaloo-basin-gas-fracking-nt-government-budget-taxpayer-cost/106658938

#OilandGas #StateandTerritoryGovernment #MiningEnvironmentalIssues #Businesses #Tax #CreditandLending #GovernmentDebt #JackHislop

Investigation finds mining company did not clear land illegally
By Katrina Beavan

The federal government says Magnetic South's land clearing last year was not illegal, but a conservation group says FOI documents raise questions over the validity of the decision.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-08/magnetic-south-found-not-to-have-cleared-land-illegally/106624088

#MiningEnvironmentalIssues #EnvironmentalImpacts #EnvironmentalPolicy #Coal #KatrinaBeavan

Dr. Ian Wright has spent over a decade studying pollution from mines in the #UNESCO World Heritage #BlueMountains. While mines have driven economic growth in NSW for over a century, many are abandoned and left to pollute our rivers once they are no longer profitable. So, who is responsible for cleaning up this mess?
#mining #pollution #miningenvironmentalissues

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyxF5QyqfJM

Mine boss hits back at claims of lead dust poisoning in NSW community
By Joanna Woodburn

The managing director of Bowdens Silver tells a parliamentary inquiry blood level monitoring for lead was being offered to prove the project would not affect human health, amid concern from residents.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2023-10-27/lead-silver-zinc-mine-would-shut-down-dust-risk-inquiry-told/103023874

#Gold #Lead #Silver #Zinc #MiningEnvironmentalIssues #MiningandMetalsIndustry #MiningRural #JoannaWoodburn

A PowerPoint in coal country: Deputy PM gets a lecture on energy Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack receives a lecture on the sustainability of the coal industry by a local mayor on a tour through the Hunter Valley. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-25/the-deputy-pm-receives-lecture-on-coal-in-the-hunter/12918788 #MiningEnvironmentalIssues #LocalGovernment #ClimateChange #Mining(Rural) #Nationals #Coal #Alp

'They're not welcome in Gomeroi': Farmers, Aboriginal leaders condemn federal approval of gas project Opposition flares up in the wake of the contentious Narrabri Gas Project clearing its final regulatory hurdle and securing environmental approval from the Federal Government. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-25/local-opposition-to-narrabri-gas-project-federal-approval/12917692 #MiningEnvironmentalIssues #EnvironmentalImpact #FederalGovernment #MiningIndustry #Mining(Rural) #OilandGas

Narrabri gas project clears final hurdle, work to begin in the new year A controversial multi-billion-dollar coal seam gas project in north-west NSW, which has been touted to meet half the state's gas needs, has cleared its final hurdle and work will commence in 2021. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-24/narrabri-gas-project-clears-final-hurdle-work-to-begin-in-2021/12916488 #Business,EconomicsandFinance #MiningEnvironmentalIssues #FederalGovernment #MiningIndustry #Mining(Rural) #Rural

Horse breeders win last-ditch bid to join opponents of coal mine reopening in Hunter A proposal to rekindle Dartbrook coal mine have been scuppered by a dramatic, eleventh-hour intervention from local thoroughbred horse breeders in the NSW Hunter Valley. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-20/dartbrook-coal-approval-dealt-blow-horsebreeders-join-legal-case/12900050 #MiningEnvironmentalIssues #EquineProduction #MiningIndustry #WaterPollution #Mining(Rural) #BeefCattle

Huge expansion for gold mine amid price boom driven by COVID-19 stimulus spending A North Queensland gold mine is expected to tip more than half a billion dollars into state coffers over its lifetime, with production to begin in December. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-17/ravenswood-gold-mine-could-become-queensland-super-pit/12887580 #Business,EconomicsandFinance #MiningEnvironmentalIssues #MonumentandHeritageSite #MiningIndustry #Mining(Rural) #Industry #History #Geology #Gold

Controversial NSW coal mine poised to reopen A "milestone" agreement gives the mothballed Dartbrook coal mine the green light to recommence mining until 2027, drawing ire from environmentalists and residents. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-03/dartbrook-coal-mine-to-reopen-upper-hunter/12842478 #MiningEnvironmentalIssues #MiningIndustry #Mining(Rural) #Coal

Dust-up over proposed mine's impact on one of Victoria's greenest food bowls Vegetable harvesters in the Lindenow Valley say a proposed mine could ruin the "clean and green" reputation of their farmland. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-26/kalbar-mine-plan-stokes-fear-in-lindenow-valley-green-food-bowl/12782700 #MiningEnvironmentalIssues #AgriculturalCrops #Mining(Rural)

What's in Mount Isa's plume and what should you do if it exceeds safe levels? There's no escaping heavy industry in Mount Isa — the stacks from the mining town's lead smelter dominate the skyline and so do their contents. So how is the air quality monitored? https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-26/whats-in-the-mount-isa-copper-smelter-plume/12766210 #MiningEnvironmentalIssues #MiningIndustry #Mining(Rural)

Teenagers lodge last ditch legal action against Adani coal mine Two teenagers are mounting legal action in a final attempt to overturn the approval of Adani's Carmichael coal mine and rail project to save the Great Barrier Reef and limit the effects of climate change. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-22/teens-launch-legal-action-against-adani-coal-mine-to-save-reef/12798508 #Business,EconomicsandFinance #MiningEnvironmentalIssues #Law,CrimeandJustice #CourtsandTrials #MiningIndustry

Anti-fracking protesters who drilled into lawn of NT Parliament House face court Two protesters plead not guilty to criminal charges after using a bobcat to dig holes in the grass outside of Northern Territory Parliament House last year. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-19/nt-fracking-protesters-face-court-drilling-parliament-holes/12781762 #MiningEnvironmentalIssues #CourtsandTrials #LocalGovernment #MiningIndustry #Mining(Rural) #Demonstration #Governance

Mining industry hid Port Hedland's dust monitoring issues from regulator Western Australia's Department of Water and Environmental Regulation slams the mining industry's lack of transparency about a prolonged dust monitoring failure in the iron ore town. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-13/port-hedland-dust-monitoring-failures-iron-ore-industry/12732718 #MiningEnvironmentalIssues #StatesandTerritories #EnvironmentalHealth #MiningIndustry #Mining(Rural) #AirPollution #IronOre #People

Gas plan leaves farmers and locals fuming, but businesses cheer 'multiplying effect' Farmers are dismayed and action groups are vowing to fight on as NSW authorities approve the controversial Narrabri gas project, but others are celebrating the potential benefits. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-01/fury-and-celebration-as-narrabri-gas-project-approved/12721012 #MiningEnvironmentalIssues #EnvironmentalImpact #Mining(Rural) #OilandGas

Narrabri coal seam gas project gets green light The $3.6 billion Santos coal seam gas project in northern NSW gets the go-ahead after a four-year approvals process. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-30/santos-narrabri-coal-seam-gas-project-approved/12716350 #Business,EconomicsandFinance #MiningEnvironmentalIssues #MiningIndustry #Mining(Rural) #Environment #OilandGas #Industry

Conservation groups say Queensland Government's approval of new coal mine is 'really disappointing' Conservation groups say they're disappointed the Queensland Government has approved the state's third largest coal mine, because of the threat it poses to koala habitats https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-30/olive-downs-coking-coal-mine-disappoints-conservationists/12709522 #EndangeredandProtectedSpecies #Business,EconomicsandFinance #MiningEnvironmentalIssues #GovernmentandPolitics

Decision to allow Juukan Gorge destruction may have been invalid, inquiry told Doubts are raised about the legality of the WA Government's approval for the destruction of Juukan Gorge in 2013, an inquiry into Rio Tinto's demolition of the ancient Pilbara rock shelters is told. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-21/juukan-gorge-rio-tinto-blasting-inquiry-wa-government-aboriginal/12685262 #MiningEnvironmentalIssues #MonumentandHeritageSite #MiningIndustry #Mining(Rural) #Aboriginal

MP Warren Entsch puts Andrew Forrest's Fortescue on notice over sacred sites A new resolution to mining companies is asking for a halt to activities that may impact sacred sites until relevant laws are strengthened. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-19/mp-warren-entsch-puts-fortescue-on-notice-over-sacred-sites/12681822 #Indigenous(AboriginalandTorresStraitIslander) #Business,EconomicsandFinance #MiningEnvironmentalIssues #GovernmentandPolitics #CommunityandSociety #IndigenousPolicy

Disused gold and antimony mine aims to reopen by year's end The new owners of the Hillgrove gold and antimony mine have unveiled their plans for the site. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-11/hillgrove-gold-and-antimony-mine-in-new-england-aims-to-reopen/12648250 #MiningEnvironmentalIssues #RegionalDevelopment #MiningIndustry #Mining(Rural) #Gold

'We should have footpaths made of gold blocks': The port that swallowed a town The WA Government, on behalf of the mining industry, is offering to buy out people living in the historic end of Port Hedland. The idea is to reduce the number of residents beside the dust-polluted port, but locals don't want to be forced out of their homes. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-11/port-hedland-swallowed-by-dust-from-iron-ore-mining/12636374 #MiningEnvironmentalIssues #StatesandTerritories

Owners of proposed gold mine confident of 'imperceptible' environmental impact The company behind a proposed central-west gold mine says its impact on the environment and downstream users will be "imperceptible" in most cases. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-09/gold-mine-responds-to-community-concerns/12641130 #MiningEnvironmentalIssues #EnvironmentalManagement #MiningIndustry #Mining(Rural)

Coal seam gas bubbles up through farmland near scene of infamous burning river video A landholder consultant is calling for greater transparency after gas and groundwater bubbled to the surface of a creek and on farmland in southern Queensland. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-31/coal-seam-gas-water-bubbles-up-through-farming-land-and-creek/12612922 #MiningEnvironmentalIssues #AgriculturalCrops #MiningIndustry #Mining(Rural) #Agribusiness

What just happened in the NSW Land and Environment Court, and why it matters A hearing in the NSW Land and Environment Court has drawn to a close, as South Korean company Kepco seeks to have a decision to reject a multi-million-dollar mining project in the Bylong Valley undone. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-29/bylong-coal-mine-project-heads-to-nsw-land-and-environment-court/12603134 #MiningEnvironmentalIssues #EnvironmentalImpact #EnvironmentalPolicy #MiningIndustry #Mining(Rural)

Twins are carbon-neutral drillers who want mining industry to shed 'dirty' tag A small drilling contractor run by twin brothers from WA's Goldfields becomes the first business of its kind in Australia to achieve carbon-neutral certification from the Federal Government. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-28/kalgoorlie-drilling-contractor-twins-certified-carbon-neutral/12573832 #MiningEnvironmentalIssues #MiningIndustry #Mining(Rural) #ClimateChange

Winery wins legal stoush with neighbouring goldmine despite eyesore claims A mining company that claims a planned winery expansion will have a "huge" impact on the landscape near where it wants to build a gold mine, loses a bid to stop the development. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-27/miner-terramin-loses-bid-to-stop-bird-in-hand-winery-expansion/12597042 #Business,EconomicsandFinance #MiningEnvironmentalIssues #LifestyleandLeisure #TravelandTourism #LocalGovernment #CourtsandTrials

Hundreds of residents shaken awake by 'violent' earthquake in WA Kalgoorlie-Boulder residents were rumbled from their slumbers just after 3:00am by a "shallow" but dramatic earthquake that struck near a mine close to the historic city. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-26/kalgoorlie-boulder-hit-by-3-1-magnitude-earthquake/12596350 #MiningEnvironmentalIssues #MiningIndustry #EarthSciences #Mining(Rural) #Earthquake

NT Labor, CLP gas and fracking plans leave smaller parties pitching for environment votes The NT's major parties both have big hopes for a post-pandemic recovery driven largely by gas, leaving smaller players eyeing green votes. Ahead of the August NT election, what are the environment policies on offer? https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-16/nt-votes-labor-clp-fracking-environment-policies/12331688 #MiningEnvironmentalIssues #EnvironmentalPolicy #StateElections #GreenhouseGas #OilandGas

The decades-long plan to turn Victoria's coal mines into lakes The Victorian Government is considering a plan to fill the state's coal mines with river water when they close to turn them into lakes. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-08/plan-to-turn-victorias-coal-mines-into-lakes/11942972 #UrbanDevelopmentandPlanning #MiningEnvironmentalIssues #WaterManagement #MiningIndustry #Mining(Rural) #HumanInterest #Environment #Industry #Rural #Water