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- Justice James Stellios threw out the federal ban on the McPhillamys gold mine.
- He sent the $1.3 billion development proposal back to Minister Murray Watt, citing procedural unfairness.
- Indigenous groups assert the site holds a Dreaming story about the blue-banded bee.
- Wiradjuri-Gamillaroi woman Nyree Reynolds filed an application to protect the dam area.
- NSW Premier Chris Minns said the mine must proceed despite federal opposition.