Independent • 2024-12-20

Australia expands four coal mines despite warning of climate ‘death sentence’

Approval comes even as Australia pushes to host Cop31 climate summit

The Guardian • 2024-12-20

‘We’re gobsmacked’: climate groups angered by Labor’s ‘no new coalmines’ claim

Campaigners say Queensland mine given go-ahead this week is a new development, not an extension of an existing mine

The Guardian • 2024-12-19

Albanese government approves four coalmine expansions as Greens condemn ‘despicable’ move

Tanya Plibersek says projects in NSW and Queensland produce coal for making essential steel as critics say move ‘opposite of climate action’