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TOWNSVILLE’S three State Government MPS have been told to stop treating North Queenslanders like “idiots” by one of their own Labor colleagues as the Adani mine project hits yet another hurdle.

Business leaders have also blasted the three local MPS — Scott Stewart, Aaron Harper, and Coralee O’rourke — for their inaction on progressing the Carmichael mine.

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Adani Australia yesterday rejected the final version of the controversial external review into its Black-throated Finch Management Plan in its entirety. The environmental plan is crucial to the progress of the mine.

Leading Townsville developer Peter Tapiolas has told the three MPS to stop “hiding behind the black-throated finch”.

“There is no future for this city unless we can get it (the Adani project) back on its feet,” he said. CONTINUED PAGE 4