Carbon capture project rejected over groundwater fears

By Fraser Barton
Updated May 24 2024 - 5:45pm, first published 5:43pm
The Great Artesian Basin is one of the largest underground freshwater reservoirs in the world. (Jason O'BRIEN/AAP PHOTOS)
The Great Artesian Basin is one of the largest underground freshwater reservoirs in the world. (Jason O'BRIEN/AAP PHOTOS)

A controversial plan to inject tonnes of wastewater into Australia's Great Artesian Basin has been rejected amid fears it would cause "irreversible" change.

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