Coal companies in Australia ‘lying for years’ about quality of exports, Wilkie claims

The independent MP Andrew Wilkie has made explosive claims that companies including Peabody energy, Glencore and Macquarie Bank have been involved in 'lying for years about the quality of our coal'.
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In a speech to the House of Representatives, under parliamentary privilege, Wilkie alleged coal companies operating in Australia are 'using fraudulent quality reports for their exports and paying bribes to representatives of their overseas customers to keep the whole scam secret'.

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