Qlders get first crack at Indian mine

Posted on February 16, 2012 by kwc

Stirling Hinchliffe
Morning Bulletin

BREAKING 2pm: Mines Minister Stirling Hinchliffe says he has  sent a clear message to an Indian billionaire that as many Queenslanders as possible should work on his proposed $10b mine near Clermont.

A $10.1 billion Carmichael Coal Mine and Rail Project, around 160km North West of Clermont, is being developed in the Galilee Basin by Indian billionaire Gautam Adani.

The Courier Mail reported today that mining magnates like Adani were lobbying the federal government to allow thousands of unskilled foreign workers to be flown in to fill job shortages in outback Queensland.

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