'This case has made legal history’: young Australians just won a human rights case against an enormous coal mine
- Written by Justine Bell-James, Associate Professor, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland
In a historic ruling today, a Queensland court has said the massive Clive Palmer-owned Galilee Basin coal project should not go ahead because of its contribution to climate change, its environmental impacts, and because it would erode human rights.
The case was mounted in 2020 by a First Nations-led group of young people aged 13 to 30 called Youth...




