Beaconsfield mine yard at risk of sinkhole opening

Doug Dingwall
Updated October 11 2016 - 6:10pm, first published 12:32pm
West Tamar Council general manager Rolph Vos and mayor Christina Holmdahl at the Beaconsfield mine site.
West Tamar Council general manager Rolph Vos and mayor Christina Holmdahl at the Beaconsfield mine site.

A 35 metre-wide sinkhole will open at the Beaconsfield mine yard if no action is taken to remediate cracking and surface subsidence, engineers have found.

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Doug Dingwall

Doug Dingwall

Parliamentary bureau chief

Doug Dingwall is The Canberra Times' parliamentary bureau chief. He writes about government and federal politics, and has an interest in integrity, industrial relations and foreign affairs. Previously he worked at The Examiner in Launceston, where he won a Tasmanian Human Rights Award for his reporting. Contact him on doug.dingwall@canberratimes.com.au

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