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Taxpayers could face billion-dollar rehab costs for troubled WA coal miner
By Neve Brissenden

The WA government insists Griffin Coal's obligations have not changed, but changes to its mining agreement could allow the company to walk away from rehabilitating its Collie mine site.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-19/griffin-coal-rehab-wa-taxpayers-liable/106468356

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Taxpayers could face billion-dollar rehab costs for troubled WA coal miner

The WA government insists Griffin Coal's obligations have not changed, but changes to its mining agreement could allow the company to walk away from rehabilitating its Collie mine site.

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@abcfeeds Lets be fair, they were probably going to use a taxpayer handout to do it anyway.
Might as well have us pick the contractors to do it and make the shareholders miss out
Mar 19 at 9:51amWeb