Port to be one-stop shop for spoils
THE controversial Abbot Point coal port will take dredge spoil as landfill from operations all along the Queensland coast.
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Dredge spill moves from reef to land
ALMOST 3 million cubic metres of dredge spoil is now set to be used as land fill at the Abbot Point port.
Wik want piece of mining action
THE Wik people may block a Queensland government decision to appoint Glencore as the “preferred proponent’’ to mine a massive bauxite deposit.
Sharing reborn bauxite dream
AFTER almost 40 years of false starts, the massive bauxite deposit at Cape York’s Aurukun has again been revived for development.
Answers sought over death in custody
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Lessons not learned on custody deaths
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Deal has Swan’s man in danger
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PUP, Labor in ‘seat-swap talks’
THE former Queensland leader of PUP says Clive Palmer and Labor have held secret talks over preferences and a plan to “split seats’’ at next year’s state election.
Leader quits over ‘jobs for boys’
THE Queensland leader of the Palmer United Party has quit in disgust over a “jobs for the boys’’ culture.
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