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Government could use little-known power to stop Shenhua mine, says expert
2016-06-08 06:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Barnaby Joyce has rejected outright the use of an export power in the constitution to stop the Shenhua Watermark mine, saying it would be economically and socially disastrous. Joyce told the Q&A audience in Tamworth this week that the commonwealth could do very little to stop mining on prime agricultural land near his New England electorate after an audience member asked about the commonwealth powers. But constitutional lawyer and professor at UNSW, George Williams told Guardian Australia...
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