Conservation and community groups in Queensland have responded with grave concerns to the announcement of a coal mining deal in the Galilee Basin in Central Queensland between China and mining magnate Clive Palmer, and the speed with which Premier Bligh has jumped on the bandwagon. But the groups say that without any completed environmental assessments, no water access, no transport links and no mining development lease, it is severely premature to assume that the China First proposal has an automatic green light.
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