Insiders reveal that Hunter lab staff joked about going to jail if caught faking coal analysis results

Updated April 9 2020 - 8:51am, first published 5:00am
UNACCEPTABLE: ALS chief executive Raj Naran described the fake coal testing scheme as a serious breach of ethical standards that has been reported to NSW Police for investigation.
UNACCEPTABLE: ALS chief executive Raj Naran described the fake coal testing scheme as a serious breach of ethical standards that has been reported to NSW Police for investigation.

PRESSURING labs to alter test results is an "open secret" in the Hunter Valley coal industry and has been going on for decades.

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