Mining industry lobbied to change coal mine acquisition policy, say activists

By Anne Davies
Updated February 21 2016 - 10:08pm, first published 9:30pm
Landowners are the losers in the argument over dust and noise pollution from mines. Photo: Jeff Tan
Landowners are the losers in the argument over dust and noise pollution from mines. Photo: Jeff Tan
Humans and animals in the Liverpool Plains area will be affected by new government policy regulating the control of noise and dust from large-scale mining. Photo: Cynthia Pursehouse
Humans and animals in the Liverpool Plains area will be affected by new government policy regulating the control of noise and dust from large-scale mining. Photo: Cynthia Pursehouse

Anti-mining groups say industry lobbying appears to have shaped a policy on when noise and dust would force a coal mine to buy properties from affected landowners.

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