Wilpinjong coal mine has sidestepped a 'rigorous' new framework for coal exploration leases

By Joanne McCarthy
Updated January 16 2018 - 1:19pm, first published January 11 2018 - 6:00am
A new framework for assessing exploration licences in NSW has failed the first real test, say critics

THE NSW Government’s response to corrupted coal exploration licence scandals has failed on one of its first tests after an Upper Hunter mine used an exemption and sidestepped a new assessment process, critics say.

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