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Calls for Queensland royalty freeze to be extended

THE Queensland government is coming under pressure from the coal and the resources industry to extend a promised three-year freeze on royalty rises to 10 years.

 The resources sector has been paying more than $5 billion in royalties to the Queensland government.

The resources sector has been paying more than $5 billion in royalties to the Queensland government.

The Queensland Resources Council said this would put the government in line with an LNP commitment to extend the freeze to 10 years on all resource royalties. QRC CEO Ian Macfarlane said the government...

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