Guardian: Mining giant Rio Tinto and the NSW government have flatly denied claims they are abusing the planning process to expedite a coal mine expansion approval, and have rejected suggestions they coerced workers into submitting positive submissions to the state government.
On Thursday the Newcastle Herald reported that employees of the Rio Tinto-managed Coal & Allied Warkworth mine in the Hunter Valley were "effectively forced' to write submissions to the state government supporting Rio Tinto's application...