On 21 October 2026, Ms Cate Faehrmann MLC moved:
The NSW planning department can no longer be trusted to act in the public interest after it granted a 6-year extension to MACH Energy’s Mt Pleasant coal mine on Friday, despite a recent legal ruling declaring an approval for the mine to operate out to 2048 invalid on climate grounds, Greens...
The approval of the fourteenth coal mine expansion under the Minns Labor Government has killed any chance of NSW meeting its own climate emissions reduction targets, said Greens MP and coal & gas spokesperson Cate Faehrmann.
The Minns Government’s new strategy for the future of coal mining in NSW, the NSW Coal Industry 2026-2050, fails the climate test by leaving the door wide open for continued coal expansion of existing mines out to 2050 and beyond.