Provisions to rehabilitate the state’s 450 mines in NSW are inadequate, their required outcomes vague and the risks of long-term failure are uncovered, according to a report by the Auditor-General.
While the total value of deposits made by mining companies had quadrupled since 2005 from $500 million to $2.2 billion as of the end of last year, the cost calculation used by the government had not been adjusted since 2013, the report found.
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