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If there were to be a Labor-Greens government, that would be the end of the Adani mine, that would be the end of coal mining in central Queensland, and that would be the end of their best shot at economic prosperity in the future.
George Brandis
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George Brandis
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: June 22
Australian Senator
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George Henry Brandis
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