Twelve coal power stations in Australia have closed since 2013. Renewable energy is now cheaper than coal. Numerous countries have declared they will be carbon neutral by 2050. The writing is on the wall; a full transition out of coal is coming and it is coming soon. Around the world, governments and stakeholders are considering how to implement a “just transition” from coal to clean energy – a transition that’s fair for local workers and communities in coal regions. But that is not happening in Australia. Quite the opposite is happening. Our Federal Government seems to have its collective head in the sand as it continues to promote the expansion of the coal industry and stands behind reef destroying mines. Remember when our Prime Minister, Mr Morrison, brought a lump of (varnished) coal into the parliament, brandishing it as he extolled the coal industry’s virtues.