Adani still needs further federal approval despite pre-election green light

Adani will not be allowed to dig any coal from its Carmichael mine until it gets further federal government approval – despite the Coalition’s pre-election green light for parts of the project.

 Sussan Ley, the new environment minister, will have
responsibility for signing off on key scientific work
before the Adani project can go ahead.

With Adani’s controversial project looming as a central issue in the federal election campaign, the Coalition made political capital in Queensland out of the decision in April by former environment minister Melissa Price to approve Adani’s groundwater management plans.

But key scientific work related to groundwater research still needs to be signed off by Price’s successor, Sussan Ley, before the company can extract any coal.

Read the story from The Guardian by Lisa Cox - “Adani still needs further federal approval despite pre-election green light.”