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By Kate Taylor<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a big difference between \u2018consultation\u2019 and \u2018briefings\u2019 and Moorabool Shire Council is making that very clear to Maddingley Brown Coal.
\nA spokesperson for MBC recently told the Moorabool News it had requested \u2018consultation\u2019 meetings with council as far back as October last year.
\nIt came after the Moorabool News asked the spokesperson if MBC was avoiding community consultation by applying for the planning minister to \u2018call-in\u2019 its proposal to house toxic soil from the West Gate Tunnel project, effectively removing council from the process.<\/p>\n

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By Kate Taylor There\u2019s a big difference between \u2018consultation\u2019 and \u2018briefings\u2019 and Moorabool Shire Council is making that very clear to Maddingley Brown Coal. A spokesperson for MBC recently told the Moorabool News it had requested \u2018consultation\u2019 meetings with council as far back as October last year. It came after the Moorabool News asked the […]<\/p>\n

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