Acland coal mine: Company seeking mine expansion donated $700,000 to LNP, federal Liberal Party
Lateline By the National Reporting Team's Mark Willacy
Updated 1 hour 1 minute ago
Landholders on Queensland's Darling Downs say they are fighting a losing battle to stop a huge mine expansion on prime farming country because the company behind the project is a massive donor to the conservative side of politics.
The mining group New Hope wants to expand its coal mine at Acland, west of Toowoomba, taking the operation's output from 4.8 million tonnes to 7.5 million tonnes per year
