NSW Government and federal government poles apart on mining

By Peter Hannam
Updated August 21 2015 - 5:18pm, first published 4:22pm
NSW Premier Mike Baird (with Planning Minister Rob Stokes, left) talks to locals in Bulga.   Photo: Marina Neil
NSW Premier Mike Baird (with Planning Minister Rob Stokes, left) talks to locals in Bulga. Photo: Marina Neil

In a week when the Abbott government ratcheted up attacks on "vigilante litigation" by environment groups it declared were sabotaging Australia's economic future by challenging mega coal mines in the courts, its Coalition counterparts in NSW appeared more like foes than allies.

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