Breaking: High Court rules in favour of climate in Hunter Valley coal mine case

‘Groundbreaking’: High Court quashes coal mine expansion over climate emissions

The Coalition and the minerals lobby are calling for urgent new laws to address the decision over a mine in the political battleground of the NSW Hunter region.

Oct 7, 2026

Hunter Valley community group wins landmark high court climate change case

Ruling on Mount Pleasant coalmine shows ‘we cannot continue to dig up coal … and pretend the consequences have nothing to do with us’, group says A Hunter Valley community group has won Australia’s first high court case to consider climate change, in a ruling advocates say sets a binding national precedent for fossil fuel projects in New South Wales. In a landmark judgment, the nation’s highest court upheld a unanimous ruling by the NSW court of appeal that overturned MACH Energy’s proposed expa

Oct 7, 2026

Breaking: High Court rules in favour of climate in Hunter Valley coal mine case

Australia's High Court rules in favour of a Hunter Valley community group in a landmark climate ruling that could redraw how fossil fuel projects are approved in Australia.

Oct 6, 2026