Grant approval for a mine which will directly and indirectly employ 45,000 people during a time of rising unemployment, or reject the proposal to satisfy Big Green:
BILLIONAIRE businessman Clive Palmer claims he can start work on the $6.5 billion Waratah Coal project early next year if Queensland government approvals are forthcoming…He said it would create 6000 jobs during the construction period and 1500 ongoing jobs, but using the multiplier effect, the project would add about 45,000 jobs overall…But the project still needs EIS approvals from the state Government as well as federal approval for the port expansion, and Mr Palmer said he hoped he would get those approvals this year.
The project has already been delayed by Rudd:
The original project, proposed last year, involved a port at Shoalwater Bay near Rockhampton, but federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett did not grant permission for the port.
My best guess is that the project will likely be ‘approved’, with conditions that make the project financially un-viable.