Reading the document, the answer appears to be "because it doesn't want to approve sketchy operations that will mine coal for a few years and then conveniently go bankrupt, leaving the state stu… (View Post)

It would probably be easier to make money if the state didn't oblige them to spend so much time and effort on multiple rounds of consultations, changes of plan, and expensive tunnelling to appease lo… (View Post)

Worse -- it is the third consultation, and after that must come a statutory consultation when they finally apply for official planning consent. And this is for something designated "a project of… (View Post)

That might be true, but I think a Prime Minister who decides the timing of the election based on what is most financially beneficial to their MPs is one who does not deserve to be running the country… (View Post)

Japan? The rightwing LDP lost their majority coalition and the leftwing CDP got their best result ever. (View Post)