Media statement on Nagana Yarrbayn Wangan and Jagalingou Cultural Custodians Ltd’s legal proceedings against the Queensland Government

The following is attributable to a Bravus Mining and Resources spokesperson:

“We note the Queensland Supreme Court’s ruling to dismiss the Nagana Yarrbayn Wangan and Jagalingou Cultural Custodians Ltd application for a judicial review of the decision of the Chief Executive of the Queensland Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science, and Innovation (the Department) to not exercise its statutory powers in a matter relating to the regulation of groundwater management at our Carmichael mine.

“We also note the Court’s instruction to the Applicant that they must formalise the precise terms and legal basis for the contention that the non-exercise of power by the Department was, as they allege, unlawful before the matter may proceed any further.

“We maintain that this legal action is nothing more than another lawfare attempt by the same people who have repeatedly failed in numerous court proceedings over many years trying to stop the Carmichael coal mine, near Clermont in central Queensland, which employs more than 1,300 Queenslanders and has been successfully exporting coal since 2022.

“There have been no exceedances or breaches of our groundwater conditions and the Doongmabulla springs complex is not at risk from any of the mining we are doing now, or any of the mining we will do in the future. Further, the Department has previously confirmed publicly that there was no evidence of any harm to the Doongmabulla springs complex from Bravus Mining and Resources' current open cut mining operations.”

ENDS

For further information about this matter please see here.

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