Tanya Plibersek (Sydney, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Environment and Water) Share this | Hansard source

I made a decision that a mining company can't build a tailings dam on the headwaters and springs of the Belubula River, because it is culturally significant to First Nations people in the area. I'd remind the Leader of the Nationals that I haven't blocked the mine. I've blocked the building of the tailings dam. The company themselves have said that they have investigated alternative sites for that tailings dam. I have protected 16 per cent of the 2½ thousand hectares of the site that the company owns. I'd also note that both the chair and the CEO have bought extra shares in the company since I made my decision and that the share value of the company substantially increased after I made my decision.

The only thing I would leave those opposite with is that they've said that they would approve this project without ever—

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