Five former Linc Energy executives have been charged by the Queensland government with breaching environmental law over the operation of its underground coal gasification site in Chinchilla.
Former chief executive Peter Bond was in September charged with three indictable offences and last week was summonsed on two additional charges of failing to ensure the company complied with the state’s Environmental Protection Act.
Four other senior staff members – Donald Schofield, Stephen Dumble, Jacobus Terblanche and Darryl Rattai – were also summonsed.
The former executives face sentences of up to five years in prison if convicted, while the company itself is also facing five environmental charges with a total maximum penalty of over $8.8 million…
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