Carmichael mine to be given 'essential' status in sign of Palaszczuk support

Queensland government poised to declare mine ‘critical infrastructure’ to speed remaining approvals processThe Queensland government is poised to declare Adani’s proposed Carmichael coal project “critical infrastructure”, a rare step that will elevate its status to an operation that is “essential to [the] state’s economic and community wellbeing”. The Palazsczuk government appears to be bolstering its visible signs of support for the controversial