‘Disgraceful’: Geoffrey Watson accuses Minns government of overturning high court ruling on coalmine

Guardian Australia21 October 2026, 01:59 UTCUnited Kingdom

New South Wales government bid to expand Hunter Valley mine ‘contrary to separation of powers’, leading legal experts sayBarrister and anti-corruption campaigner Geoffrey Watson SC has lashed the New South Wales government over its “disgraceful” plan to adopt special laws allowing increased coal production at a Hunter Valley coalmine.The high court ruled earlier this month the approval of the Mount Pleasant mine in Muswellbrook was invalid. Continue reading...

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