Login Australian coal is 'high quality, in demand' and people are desperate for it: Canavan03/06/2021|9min Nationals Senator Matt Canavan says he does not know how many times the left need to be proven wrong on the quality and demand for Australian coal amid news coal demand "has almost never been higher". "The news broke this morning that demand for Australian coal has almost never been higher, people are desperate for it," he told Sky News host Alan Jones. "They've been believing all these fairytales that somehow coal was dead, that the market for coal was on the decline and would never rise again.