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Joel Fitzgibbon

Opposition resources spokesman. 1 claim checked by other fact-checking organisations, from 2019 to 2019. The ratings are theirs, in their own words.

Joel Fitzgibbon, Opposition resources spokesman

“You know, a mine just as big as Adani was approved by the Queensland Government in the Bowen Basin during the formal election campaign.”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Doesn't stack up

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Fitzgibbon's claim doesn't stack up. The mine he referred to — Olive Downs, near Moranbah, south-west of Mackay — plans to produce up to 4.5 million tonnes of coal per year in its first stage, eventually ramping up t…