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New South Wales miner Centennial Coal has got by a debt problem with a little help from its friends in Thailand.

31 December 2020 Protesters against Adani's Carmichael coal mine project march through the streets of Brisbane, in Australia, in July 2019. The Stop Adani campaign has spearheaded massive mobilisation against the project. As of 30 December 2020, at least 90 organisations—including finance, transportation and insurance companies—had declared that they would not continue their relations with the Carmichael mine project. Glenn Hunt / Getty Images Protesters against Adani's Carmichael coal mine project march through the streets of Brisbane, in Australia, in July 2019. The ...

Premium Content Subscriber only Whitsunday residents breathed a collective sigh of relief as the clock struck 12 last night, bidding good riddance to 2020. But last year wasn't all hand sanitiser and social distancing. Here are some of the biggest stories that made headlines in 2020. Curious find at Bowen crime scene After numerous police specialists spent hours investigating reports of a body found wrapped in a blanket near Bowen, the investigation ended with an odd find. Specialists from the district and local Bowen Police officers attended the scene on a walking track off the Bruce H...

Australia is the last Western holdout on the climate crisis. But some states and businesses are calling for change CNN 12/28/2020 By Helen Regan, CNN © Tom Jefferson/Greenpeace The beginning of the Carmichael River, which will be cut by the void of the Carmichael Coal mine. Deep in northeast Australia's outback, underneath grassy eucalypt woodlands and vast grazing lands scattered with cattle stations, lies one of the world's largest known untapped coal reserves. Queensland's Galilee Basin, an area roughly the size of Britain, is set to produce its first coal in 2021, t...

Premium Content Forget Christmas in July - this Christmas we're rewinding back to July. And what a month it was, from businesses still experiencing pandemic woes, Whitsundays being earmarked for military bases and space stations and fresh Keswick Island disputes. Here's the top headlines in Mackay in July 2020. Mackay War Memorial Pool Community Action Group committee members (from left): Jane Conlon, Carol Single, Sue Willett and Graham Townsend with VC recipient Keith Payne (centre) at the front of the Memorial Swimming Centre which has just received state heritage listing. Picture: Hei...