The Treasurer has flagged raising coal royalties ahead of a three-year freeze expiring later this month.   

The Queensland Resources Council has voiced its “strenuous” opposition of the proposal, claiming it would risk future investment and short-change regional communities.

But Cameron Dick told Neil Breen while no final decisions have been made, the industry “can hardly complain”.

“A lot of the cost-of-living that people are paying, a lot of that cash is going straight into the bottom line of coal companies,” he said.

“We need to help people with infrastructure and we need to fund cost-of-living relief.

“We’re just looking at something that’s fair but we haven’t made any final decisions.”

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