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Petition to church aged care providers makes a stand for ‘one of the rarest cockatoos in Australia’ found right here in Noosa.

Anglo to stick with coal despite losses, safety woes Share Anglo American chief executive Mark Cutifani has vowed to persist with Australian coking coal despite a string of safety incidents at the company’s local mines and big losses amid China’s ban. Anglo’s Queensland coking coal mines lost $US177 million ($229.6 million) in the second half of 2020, and that result contributed to cumulative losses across the Australian coal sector of more than $2.1 billion during a dire six months. Angl...

Premium Content Subscriber only Multiple reports of dangerous gas exceedances deep underground were not passed up to senior mining executives, the Queensland Coal Mining Board of Inquiry has found. The boards first part of the inquiry report, which was released on Thursday, focused on the initial tranche of public hearings held in August. The inquiry detailed the cause, reaction, internal reporting and risk mitigation of 13 high risk methane exceedances across three mines, Oaky North, Moranb...

Coal mining safety inquiry finds inspectors hard to retain due to inadequate pay FriFriday 18 Moranbahs coal miner statue pays tribute to workers who have died on the job. ( Print text only Cancel A number of dangers within Queenslands coal mining industry have surfaced as part of an investigation into the sectors safety standards. Key points: The Queensland Coal Mining Board of Inquiry has handed down its first set of findings The mining union says it is crucial the industry adopts the finding...