There was a sea of red in front of Parliament House in Brisbane this morning, with union flags waving and chants shouted loudly as workers fought for more action against Black Lung disease. But the...
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Two hundred coal miners will be protesting in Brisbane tomorrow to call on the government to do more to support jobs and tackle Black Lung disease. CFMEU Mining and Energy Division Queensland...
Linc Energy has gone into voluntary administration in the same week the Queensland Government announced a ban on underground coal gasification. The company was recently committed for trial in the...
A front-end loader and light vehicle collided on a New South Wales mine site last month. The incident, which occurred on March 12, saw a Caterpillar 992 front-end loader reverse into a light vehicle...
The Palaszczuk Government has moved to ban underground coal gasification because of its environmental impact. State Development Minister and Minister for Natural Resources and Mines Dr Anthony Lynham...
The announcement that Peabody Energy, the world’s largest non-government coal company, is to file for bankruptcy in the United States is one of more symbolic than substantive significance. In the US...
Modelling done for the Climate Institute indicates that without big policy changes Australia’s path to zero emissions from the electricity sector by 2050 would mean huge disruption after 2030. The...
In a very rare move, the federal government plans to use its position as a creditor to call for the appointment of a special purpose liquidator to recover taxpayers funds from Clive Palmer and...
Traditional owners have taken legal action on Adani’s newly approved mining leases for it’s Carmichael coal mine. Wangan and Jagalingou (W&J) representatives filed an interlocutory...
The current slump in coal prices has seen US mining giant Peabody Energy file for bankruptcy protection. The world’s biggest coal miner made the announcement yesterday, but has assured its...
At a Bowen Basin Mining Club luncheon last week, the message was simple – Adani needs the support of the Queensland mining industry for the Galilee Basin to be opened. Club Director Jodie Currie said...
One of the six Queensland miners with a confirmed case of Black Lung was initially misdiagnosed by a doctor, a panel investigating to re-emergence of the deadly lung disease has found. The...
