Queensland councils to pay at least $31m for Adani coalmine airstrip

Townsville and Rockhampton councils may pay millions more if company's bid to sew up deal with traditional owners failsTwo local councils are paying $31m to build an airstrip for Adani's Queensland coalmine - and could fork out millions more if the energy giant's bid to sew up a deal with traditional owners hits a stumbling block.Townsville and Rockhampton councils last week announced they would spend $15.5m each on the airport - hundreds of kilometres away - in a deal to secure Adani's guarantee of 2,200 construction jobs for their residents. Continue reading...