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Labor Premier approves giant coal mine
Jun 6^th, 2017 at 2:20pm

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk was in Townsville for the announcement where she opened Adani's regional headquarters for the project.

She said the decision was a vote of confidence in the Queensland economy.

"There will be jobs right across the state, this project will deliver those jobs," Ms Palaszczuk said.

She said the Government was opening up areas such as the Galilee Basin through its new royalty arrangement.

"What I'm saying very clearly to the rest of the state and to other companies, that you're welcome to invest in Queensland, that we have a government that will back you 100 per cent," Ms Palaszczuk said.

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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: Labor Premier approves giant coal mine Reply #1 - Jun 6^th, 2017 at 2:21pm Is Labor pro-coal now? This is a surprise to me.
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Aussie Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 38848 Gender:	Re: Labor Premier approves giant coal mine Reply #2 - Jun 6^th, 2017 at 2:22pm We are a very long way from coal actually coming out of the ground, being railed to the Coast and shipped to India, but at least the threshold agreement has been made.
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Re: Labor Premier approves giant coal mine
Reply #3 - Jun 6^th, 2017 at 2:45pm

bogarde73 wrote on Jun 6^th, 2017 at 2:21pm:

Is Labor pro-coal now?

This is a surprise to me.

they were going to go against it but the tuck shop lady's Polls are in free fall...

so the only way to stop that was to support the mine...

if there was an election held last weekend QLD Labor would have been booted out of office...

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Lord Herbert Gold Member Offline Posts: 34441 Gender:	Re: Labor Premier approves giant coal mine Reply #4 - Jun 6^th, 2017 at 2:50pm This sure is a surprise. The Greenies must be spitting chips.
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Gordon Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 20745 Gordon Gender:	Re: Labor Premier approves giant coal mine Reply #5 - Jun 6^th, 2017 at 5:12pm Yuck!
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John Smith Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 75114 Gender:	Re: Labor Premier approves giant coal mine Reply #6 - Jun 6^th, 2017 at 5:14pm why is this a surprise? Palaszczuk has had this in the pipeline for ages. Did you think she spent the last 3 - 6 months negotiating royalties because she was going to deny it?
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Gordon Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 20745 Gordon Gender:	Re: Labor Premier approves giant coal mine Reply #7 - Jun 6^th, 2017 at 5:23pm John Smith wrote on Jun 6^th, 2017 at 5:14pm: why is this a surprise? Palaszczuk has had this in the pipeline for ages. Did you think she spent the last 3 - 6 months negotiating royalties because she was going to deny it? And there I was thinking of moving to Qld. Dirty coal mining curry money loving craphole
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Re: Labor Premier approves giant coal mine
Reply #8 - Jun 6^th, 2017 at 5:24pm

Gordon wrote on Jun 6^th, 2017 at 5:23pm:

John Smith wrote on Jun 6^th, 2017 at 5:14pm:

why is this a surprise? Palaszczuk has had this in the pipeline for ages. Did you think she spent the last 3 - 6 months negotiating royalties because she was going to deny it? Cheesy

And there I was thinking of moving to Qld. Dirty coal mining curry money loving craphole

given that sydney is surrounded by coal mines, I'm not sure you're making sense.

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President Elect, The Mechanic Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 17501 Gender:	Re: Labor Premier approves giant coal mine Reply #9 - Jun 6^th, 2017 at 5:31pm how many j0bs will it create? be careful how you answer that.. !
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Re: Labor Premier approves giant coal mine
Reply #10 - Jun 6^th, 2017 at 5:34pm

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Jobs. Even Adani’s own accountants admit he lied that it would provide many jobs, as it would be one of the most heavily automated mines in the world. It won’t provide the 10,000 jobs he was fond of saying. It will be unlikely to provide more than a few dozen ongoing jobs. Balanced against the Barrier Reef and all the hundreds of thousands of direct and indirect long term jobs it provides, the mine seems a bad choice. And that’s not to mention all the countless jobs and long term potential income to Queensland if we fostered growth in the booming renewable energy fields rather than the collapsing market for coal.

Money. Adani has a very bad record of gaming the system and of outright corruption. Queensland won’t see tax income from the coal mine. He will undervalue what it mines, ship it through tax haven countries, jacking its value up, then to India where he will sell it at vast profit, with Australia seeing none of that money. The billion dollars the federal government wants to give him will likely go straight to the Caymans. I find it difficult to believe we’ll see a cent of that invested here. Australia, and more importantly, Queensland, will lose enormous amounts of money from this mine. Compare that with the Great Barrier Reef which reliably generates billions of dollars via tourism, being one of the greatest wonders of the world. And let’s not forget the flow of money from technological and medicinal developments that are constantly coming out of rich ecosystems, such as the Reef. Also, worldwide, far more money was invested last year in renewable energy than in coal. Renewable energy is now a booming industry. Every dollar spent on coal is a dollar not spent in tomorrow’s renewable energy bonanza.

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Re: Labor Premier approves giant coal mine
Reply #11 - Jun 6^th, 2017 at 5:38pm

bogarde73 wrote on Jun 6^th, 2017 at 2:20pm:

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk was in Townsville for the announcement where she opened Adani's regional headquarters for the project.

She said the decision was a vote of confidence in the Queensland economy.

"There will be jobs right across the state, this project will deliver those jobs," Ms Palaszczuk said.

She said the Government was opening up areas such as the Galilee Basin through its new royalty arrangement.

"What I'm saying very clearly to the rest of the state and to other companies, that you're welcome to invest in Queensland, that we have a government that will back you 100 per cent," Ms Palaszczuk said.

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Re: Labor Premier approves giant coal mine
Reply #12 - Jun 6^th, 2017 at 5:52pm

John Smith wrote on Jun 6^th, 2017 at 5:24pm:

Gordon wrote on Jun 6^th, 2017 at 5:23pm:

John Smith wrote on Jun 6^th, 2017 at 5:14pm:

why is this a surprise? Palaszczuk has had this in the pipeline for ages. Did you think she spent the last 3 - 6 months negotiating royalties because she was going to deny it? Cheesy

And there I was thinking of moving to Qld. Dirty coal mining curry money loving craphole

given that sydney is surrounded by coal mines, I'm not sure you're making sense.

Oh I thought we were talking about giant dirty Indian holes in the ground.

You guys love your theme parks, will this new one be called Curry World?

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John Smith Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 75114 Gender:	Re: Labor Premier approves giant coal mine Reply #13 - Jun 6^th, 2017 at 5:59pm Gordon wrote on Jun 6^th, 2017 at 5:52pm: Oh I thought we were talking about giant dirty Indian holes in the ground. I bet you'd love an indian hole, especially if he's swinging a kettle bell
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Lord Herbert Gold Member Offline Posts: 34441 Gender:	Re: Labor Premier approves giant coal mine Reply #14 - Jun 6^th, 2017 at 6:10pm There goes Australia again, being the Stupid Country. First NSW sells all its tax-payer financed public utilities to the Chinese ... and now Queensland gives away massive coal reserves at only a fraction of its real value if we developed the mines ourselves.
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