Environment
A controversial secondment has seen a senior manager of QCoal in charge of developing policy on the environment for Queensland’s LNP. ABC news reported that James Mackay also worked full-time for the LNP during the 2012 election, while he was being paid $10 000 a month by the company, QCoal. QCoal is embroiled in controversy over plans to divert Coral Creek in north Queensland. It won a water licence from the state government to divert Coral Creek to extend the life of its Sonoma mine by six to eight months.