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Queensland wants coal waste to be dumped onshore, not near reef

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 07, 2014 | 1:55 pm Education Energy Top Companies Asia Australia Coal Iron Ore 

Australia’s Queensland state government has backed plans for dumping dredging waste from the expansion of coal export terminals at Abbot Point onshore, instead of near the Great Barrier Reef. Land disposal has always been the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park's...

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