Department confirms employee mining link in Ridgelands $5 million community fund case

By Joanne McCarthy
November 24 2018 - 12:00pm
Concerns: Muswellbrook mayor Martin Rush, council staff and Ridgelands Resources representatives after the company's secret approval condition with the NSW Government to fund a $5 million community fund was made public.
Concerns: Muswellbrook mayor Martin Rush, council staff and Ridgelands Resources representatives after the company's secret approval condition with the NSW Government to fund a $5 million community fund was made public.

A HUNTER Department of Planning employee married to a coal miner played a key role in mining company Ridgelands’ attempt to cut a community fund from $5 million to $500,000, prompting questions in NSW Parliament about associations with the mining industry and ending months of silence from the NSW Government about department involvement.

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