Dial-A-Dump has revealed it sent 61,000 tonnes of waste to Queensland in FY18 and is seeking an increase in the amount of waste it can send to its large landfill in Sydney.
A plant that would gasify coal into ammonia and syngas, producing two million tonnes of by-product CO2 a year, will undergo fast-track environmental assessment.
A judicial officer's ruling that barred extension of a coal mine wasn't biased, but should be set aside for other reasons, according to Queensland's Supreme Court.
The Queensland Court of Appeal has rejected arguments by Boral Resources (Qld) Pty Ltd that Gold Coast City Council wrongly refused it a permit to develop a new quarry.
Queensland Planning Minister Cameron Dick has relied on previously unused powers to introduce new planning controls that will constrain a major landfill project.