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Serial anti-coal protestor jailed for one year

A demonstrator will spend the next 12 months behind bars for repeatedly interfering with mining operations. Eric Herbert was arrested and sentenced without parole for preventing coal trains from...

Westwood coal train wreck

Central Qld coal transport ends in tragedy

A routine resources delivery across Central Queensland’s Rockhampton region tragically ended in a workplace fatality. A Margate family is grieving the loss of a 49-year-old man whose life was...

Air quality at Cannon Hill in Brisbane will be monitored

Trains resume operations after NSW flooding

After wild weather caused severe flooding in the Hunter Valley, coal, freight and passenger trains had to halt operations. A statement on Wednesday from the Australian Rail Track Corporation...

Train carrying sulphuric acid derails in north-west QLD

A two-kilometre exclusion zone has been set after a freight train carrying about 819,000 litres of sulphuric acid derailed 20km east of Julia Creek, on Sunday. All 26 carriages were derailed in the...

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Skilling up – The future of training in resources

[hr]New skills challenges are emerging across the resource industry as new mega projects make the transition from construction to production in increasing numbers. Janine Temple from national...

Comet Ridge Project near Blackwater Under Threat

The Comet Ridge Project, south west of Blackwater could be the next casualty of Bandanna Energy’s decision to enter Voluntary Administration, with the proposed Triumph Creek Train Loading...

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