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Politics / New South Wales

‘Lawyers should be running to courts’ to stop coal approvals after landmark ruling, NSW MP says

The Guardian Australia
Summary

CoalEnvironmental ActivismFossil FuelsEnvironmentEnergy

High court finding in favour of Hunter Valley community group sets precedent other environmentalists should follow, advocate says.

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  • The Guardian Australia ‘Lawyers should be running to courts’ to stop coal approvals after landmark ruling, NSW MP says
  • ABC News (Business) NSW coalmine climate ruling a massive large shake-up to Australia's oil and gas 1 change

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  • The headline puts “‘Lawyers should be running to courts’” in quotation marks. Nobody says those words anywhere in the report.

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How calmly each outlet wrote it

Outlet Niral ScoreAdjectivesSourcingPolitical dictionSentimentMood
The Guardian Australiaas they published this story 90.2 8 67 0 -0.1 46.2
ABC News (Business) 90.6 8 68 -0.1 0.1 47.6

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