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LEGISLATION has been passed in Queensland to set up an independent health and safety body for workers in the resources sector from July 1. The new body will be called Resources Safety and Health Queensland (RSHQ) and will regulate the safety and health of workers in the state’s minerals, coal, petroleum and gas, quarry, small scale mining and explosives industries. This puts into action the Safety and Health Queensland Bill 2019, based on recommendations by the Coal Workers’ Pneumoconiosis (CWP) select committee. Queensland Mines minister Anthony Lynham said the new regulator would focus on enhancing safety of the state’s 70,000 resources workers. “It will be totally separate from the government’s broader function of growing and facilitating mining and exploration projects...

Image: Glencore BY REUBEN ADAMS IN a brief statement, QLD Mines minister Dr Anthony Lynham has finally granted mining leases for a $7 billion coal development in the Surat Basin – a decade after Glencore applied for them. Dr Lynham today approved three 27-year leases over 30,000 hectares for Stage 1 of Glencore’s proposed $7 billion Wandoan thermal coal project near Roma, which could produce up to 22 million tonnes per annum when fully operational. This would be the first major coal project of this scale in the Surat Basin, but still required a rail link to the Port of Gladstone for export, Dr Lynham stated. Glencore welcomed the decision but stated that it would need to review the details...