Adani mine: emails revealing pressure on CSIRO spark calls to review approval

Agency had one afternoon to accept government’s approval of Adani groundwater plan, emails reveal

Environment groups and the Greens have called for the winner of Saturday’s election to review the Adani mine decision, after it emerged pressure was put on the CSIRO to accept the government’s approval of the mine’s groundwater plans.

The ABC reported on Tuesday that emails it obtained under freedom-of-information laws revealed the agency had a single afternoon to accept the federal government’s approval of Adani’s groundwater management plan.

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