COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS – QUEENSLAND

Palmer shares his big coal dream

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Original article by Mark Ludlow
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 6 : 12-Sep-18

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says the state does not need another coal-fired power station. She was commenting on the announcement by businessman Clive Palmer that he intends to build a $1.5 billion low-emissions coal-fired power station in the Galilee Basin. The proposed station would be located on Palmer’s Waratah Coal tenements, and would be the first coal-fired power stations built in decades if Palmer’s plans come to fruition.

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WARATAH COAL PTY LTD, QUEENSLAND. DEPT OF THE PREMIER AND CABINET, ADANI MINING PTY LTD, GVK POWER AND INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED, HANCOCK PROSPECTING PTY LTD

LNP leader prepares state for a greener future without coal

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Original article by Jared Owens
The Australian – Page: 6 : 14-Jun-18

Queensland’s Opposition Leader Deb Frecklington says the state must embrace clean and reliable energy sources. She will commit to a policy of requiring state-owned electricity companies to invest in renewable energy generation if the Liberal-National Party wins the next election. The LNP previously supported coal-fired power generation under Frecklington’s predecessor Tim Nicholls, who stepped down after losing the 2017 election.

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LIBERAL-NATIONAL PARTY OF QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, QUEENSLAND. DEPT OF THE PREMIER AND CABINET, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND SCIENCE, ONE NATION PARTY, STANWELL CORPORATION LIMITED

State government ‘split over Adani mine’

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Original article by Mark Ludlow
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 9 : 2-Nov-17

Liberal-National Party leader Tim Nicholls says a number of senior Queensland Government ministers oppose Adani’s proposed Carmichael coal mine, while even Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has been reluctant to support it. Nicholls adds that his party fully supports the $A16.5bn project. The Opposition also supports the construction of a clean-coal power station in North Queensland, and has questioned the Government’s failure to release a report which found that it would be financially viable.

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LIBERAL-NATIONAL PARTY OF QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, QUEENSLAND. DEPT OF THE PREMIER AND CABINET, ADANI MINING PTY LTD, QUEENSLAND. DEPT OF ENERGY AND WATER SUPPLY