Helensburgh mine expansion 'against advice'

By Peter Hannam
Updated July 2 2014 - 8:43pm, first published 8:00pm
Metropolitan Colliery's coalmine at Helensburgh.
Metropolitan Colliery's coalmine at Helensburgh.

The state government has been accused of ignoring the advice of its own agencies in allowing the expansion of underground coalmining into Sydney and the Illawarra's protected water catchment area.

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