'Greed trumps nature': Leaked report points to big offset savings for developers

By Peter Hannam
Updated November 9 2017 - 11:13pm, first published 11:07pm
Photographs shows the clear felling of the Leard Forest and construction of Whitehavens' ?? Maules Creek coal mine near Boggabri. Greenpeace activists opposed to the mines' construction have an established tree sit in place to stop the felling of the endangered forest and?? are surrounded by?? mine security and police rescue units.Photographs by Dean Sewell. S.M.H. News.Taken Sunday 1st June 2014.?? 

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Photographs shows the clear felling of the Leard Forest and construction of Whitehavens' ?? Maules Creek coal mine near Boggabri. Greenpeace activists opposed to the mines' construction have an established tree sit in place to stop the felling of the endangered forest and?? are surrounded by?? mine security and police rescue units.Photographs by Dean Sewell. S.M.H. News.Taken Sunday 1st June 2014.?? das140601.001.001.send.jpg
Coal festival -?? Mining trucks at Glencore??????s Mount Owen complex between Muswellbrook and Singleton.

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Coal festival -?? Mining trucks at Glencore??????s Mount Owen complex between Muswellbrook and Singleton. 10 Thiess Mt Owen extension.

NSW's new biodiversity offsets scheme is likely to save developers such as coal miners millions of dollars, according to a leaked report commissioned by the Berejiklian government.

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