Barnaby Joyce has been called "irresponsible" by one of Australia's most senior conservationists after the Deputy Prime Minister dismissed wetlands adjoining Adani's Abbot Point coal port as little more than a "duck-shooting pond”.
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| Coal dust on the beaches next to the Abbot Point coal loading facility. |
The brawl over Adani's threats to the onshore environment and the Great Barrier Reef escalated as Liberal backbencher Sarah Henderson broke ranks to question a potential $1 billion government loan to develop rail infrastructure for the Indian conglomerate's proposed Carmichael mine in Queensland's Galilee Basin.
Read Heath Aston’s story in today’s Melbourne Age - “Barnaby Joyce's 'duck pond' claim under fire as Adani coal row deepens.”
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