Taxpayers face $80 million payout over bungled Metgasco licence suspension

By Sean Nicholls
Updated May 25 2015 - 12:14am, first published 12:00am
 NSW government has decided not to appeal a Supreme Court decision that its suspension order to Metgasco was unlawful.  Photo: Glenn Hunt
NSW government has decided not to appeal a Supreme Court decision that its suspension order to Metgasco was unlawful. Photo: Glenn Hunt

Taxpayers face an $80 million payout to energy company Metgasco after the NSW government confirmed it will not appeal a court ruling overturning its bungled suspension of the firm's gas drilling licence on the north coast.

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