interesting aticles, page-8

This sentence taken from the link below shows what the Vic Gov have been thinking about the Bacchus Marsh/Maddingley brown coal resource-

"The result of this planning review was that the coal reserve had to be protected for future development and was classified as a strategic reserve for the benefit of Victoria.”

http://www.vcec.vic.gov.au/CA256EAF001C7B21/WebObj/Submission54-MaddingleyBrownCoaloriginal/$File/Submission54-MaddingleyBrownCoaloriginal.pdf

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