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Defence requirements may curtail Palmer's Qld coal proposal

CLIVE Palmer's proposed Central Queensland Coal project is on a collision course with land the Australian Defence Force recently acquired to use as a joint training ground for up to 14,000 Singaporean troops.

Clive Palmer.

Clive Palmer.

Land purchased as part of the northwest expansion of the Shoalwater Bay training area, known as the Shoalwater Bay Expansion Area overlaps the Central Queensland Coal lease area. Defence minister Peter...

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