LNP dropped from approval process

Submitted by news on Fri, Jun 15, 2012 - 10:44am
Campbell Newman’s Liberal National Party has been dropped from the approval process of major projects and mines in the state.

Instead a bilateral process has been brought in, meaning decisions made on projects will be agreed upon by both the state and federal governments.

The agreement was brought in to avoid a repeat of the Alpha coal mine dispute and gives the federal government greater control over how major projects in the state are handled.