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Metgasco supplied with suspension evidence

METGASCO has received a number of documents from the New South Wales Government's Office of Coal ...

Andrew Snelling

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The government has also indicated that more documents are on the way.

The supply of the information used to suspend the well initially was agreed upon last week, along with a verdict date of June 25, with Metgasco adjourning its first court hearing for its legal action against the suspension until Friday.

Metgasco intends to make submissions to the court in due course about the adequacy of the material used in making the suspension decision.

The company is still disputing the suspension on the grounds that the decision was unlawful because it was not authorised by legislation, and was made without affording Metgasco procedural fairness.

The company is also challenging the government’s assertion that it failed to engage in community consultation.

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