A landmark case described by a District Court judge as "unusual" will hear how gas company Linc Energy allegedly contaminated strategic cropping land causing serious environmental damage to parts of Queensland's Western Downs.
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| Linc Energy is charged with five counts of wilfully and unlawfully causing environmental harm at Chinchilla. |
Linc Energy is charged with five counts of wilfully and unlawfully causing environmental harm between 2007 and 2013 at Chinchilla.
The charges relate to alleged contamination at Linc Energy's Hopeland underground coal gasification (UCG) plant.
The trial will enter its second day today in the District Court in Brisbane, with crown prosecutor Ralph Devlin QC expected to begin his opening address to the empanelled jury later this morning.
Read the ABC News story - “Linc Energy trial continues over alleged contamination on Queensland's Western Downs.”
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