He said the budget showed the Labor government was still influenced by the Greens on issues related to coal mining.

“The Gillard-Swan government has allocated $38.5 million to implement its latest green tape measure – requiring federal assessment and approval of CSG and coal mining developments,” Seeney said.

“It is totally unnecessary and shows just how much Labor must pander to the Greens for support.

“This expanded assessment, compliance and enforcement role at the federal level will yet again duplicate the assessment and approvals process carried out for all these projects by the Queensland government.

“They will add costs and lengthen timeframes for projects which have the potential to inject billions of dollars into the Queensland and Australian economies.

“In some cases this new green tape could put proposed projects in jeopardy.”

The green tape burden could also jeopardise the thousands of jobs these projects would create, Seeney said.

“Wayne Swan and Julia Gillard claim they support jobs – here again is direct evidence that they are hindering growth and cutting job opportunities,” he said.