The key points of this submission are that: Economic assessment of the projects does not comply with Director General’s Requirements (DGRs); That the justification of the project is based on incorrect information about the Australian East Coast gas market, and that the Department’s EAR is incorrect in relation to the implications of the project for

The New Acland coal mine is a controversial project 157km west of Brisbane, Queensland. It is located next to the township of Acland and 10km from the larger centre of Oakey. The mine is controversial because of its location in an agricultural area and the impacts it has on the local community, farms and health. 

Gladstone’s manufacturing industry is likely to pay up to $2.9 billion more for gas over the next 10 years than it otherwise would have, as a result of gas exports from Curtis Island.This is on top of the impacts of the resource boom already being felt by the region’s manufacturing industry, including the high Australian