Plibersek blocks Palmer's Galilee coal dream

FEDERAL environment minister Tanya Plibersek has put the final nail in the coffin of Clive Palmer’s proposed Central Queensland Coal project on the grounds that it could pollute the nearby Great Barrier Reef and other waterways.

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Palmer's coal ambitions have been given the thumbs down

It is the first time that federal environmental laws have been used to deny a mining project.