Today in the QLD Land Court President Kingham has recommended that both applications by Waratah Coal be refused. 

The grounds were greatly about the value of Bimblebox as a Protected Area, its very high ecological condition, under-representation in the region, the wider community who use it, the likelihood of its loss if a mine went ahead, and the uncertainty of the subsidence damage and any remediation.

This is great news for Nature… and for all nature refuges.

The economic benefit of the mine did not stack up against the carbon that the coal to be mined would contribute to global warming when burnt, both globally and in QLD.

The Human Rights limitations on both the BNR owners and the generations to be impacted by climate change, including First Nations Peoples, were not considered to be justified.

TBA thanks the wonderful legal team at EDO, and all our supporters. We will keep you informed of what may come next, but for now we can breathe again, and celebrate! 

You can read the full judgement here.