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No evidence donations swayed former Newman
government's Acland mine decision, CCC says
Updated December 05, 2015 13:07:18
There is no evidence to support claims the former Newman
government reversed its decision to
oppose the expansion of the Acland mine because of political
donations, Queensland's corruption
watchdog has found.
Anti-mining group Lock the Gate Alliance lodged a complaint with
Queensland's Crime and
Corruption Commission (CCC) in August alleging the Liberal
National Party Government's approval
of the expansion of the mine, west of Brisbane, was influenced
by gifts and donations.
The ABC revealed last year the mine's proponents New Hope Group
and its Australian parent
company, Washington H Soul Pattinson, had donated $700,000 to
the Queensland LNP and the
federal Liberal Party over a three-year period.
The CCC has determined it will not investigate the matter, after
assessing "a large volume of
information".
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"Based on the thorough assessment of the available information,
the CCC considers there is
insufficient evidence to support the allegations and
insufficient evidence to raise a reasonable
suspicion of any criminal offence," it said in a statement
released on Friday.
"The CCC will therefore take no further action."
The mine's expansion would increase annual output from 4.8
million tonnes to 7.5 million tonnes,
with proponents New Hope Group arguing the project would create
hundreds of jobs and boost the
local and state economies.
Opponents, including landholders, claim the mine expansion will
worsen air quality, swallow up
nearly 1,400 hectares of strategic cropping land and cause
groundwater to drop by almost 50 metres
in some places.
Topics:corruption,mining-rural,mining-industry,state-parliament,liberal-national--
arty-queensland,acland-4401,ipswich-4305,brisbane-4000,qld
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