NSW to weaken water quality test for extensions to mines

Rather than require no negative impact on water, requirement would be for no more impact than from original developmentThe New South Wales government is rushing through changes to laws that protect Sydney's drinking water, weakening them to allow extensions to mines, or any other development, that pollute the water catchment.The existing law, before the new amendments, requires that both new developments and extensions to existing developments, either have a neutral or beneficial effect on Sydney's drinking water. Continue reading...