Catherine Brendt

Sep 8, 2024 | quadrant.org.au | Luke Powell |Gary Johns |John O’Sullivan |Catherine Brendt

Tanya Plibersek’s eleventh-hour decision to ban a tailings dam essential for the operation of a proposed billion-dollar gold-mine project near Orange will cost NSW dear: $200 million in annual royalties, around 580 construction jobs and 290 permanent operational positions.