
Environment Minister Donna Faragher removed the Environmental Protection Authority imposed bond after Mr Palmer lobbied her and Mr Grylls last year.
Although Premier Colin Barnett said yesterday a bond on the project would still be applied through the Mining Act, the Labor Opposition claimed in State Parliament that Mr Palmer received favoured treatment because he was a major donor to the Nationals.
Electoral Commission records show that for the 2008-09 financial year Mr Palmer's company Mineralogy donated $110,000 to the WA Nationals.
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