Controversial plans to dump up to 15m tonnes of salt and other waste near a creek in drought-stricken Queensland have hit an unexpected roadblock after a court ruled that planning approvals do not allow for trucks to park at the site.
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| A Queensland court has called the plan to park trucks at the proposed salt dump ‘misconceived’ |
Guardian Australia reported in October that a study had found that the dump, near the town of Chinchilla, north-west of Brisbane, carried a “considerable” risk of water contamination. Salt waste from coal seam gas operations is planned to be stored fewer than 100 metres from Stockyard Creek, in the headwaters of the Murray-Darling Basin.
The proposal was initially opposed by the Western Downs regional council in 2016. The council approved the dump several months later, after the proponent, We Kando, launched court action.
This year We Kando launched another court application which asked for a declaration “that the parking of trucks (and associated trailers) on the site ... is lawful, on the basis that such use is ancillary to the existing lawful uses”.
Read the story from The Guardian by Ben See - “Plan to dump 15m tonnes of salt waste in Murray-Darling headwaters hits Plan to dump 15m tones of salt waste in Murray-Darling headwaters hits roadblock.”
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