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> The Queensland Land Court has ruled human rights would be unjustifiably limited by a proposal to dig the state's largest coal mine in the Galilee Basin in Central Queensland.

> The coal mine would remove about 40 million tonnes of coal a year for export to South-East Asia, with a forecast life span of 30 years.

> Queensland Land Court president Fleur Kingham said she would not be recommending Waratah Coal's application for a mining lease and environmental approval to be granted.

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