NSW floods: Illawarra region blasted with coal after heavy rain
Coal mines in the Illawarra struggled with last weekend’s deluge, sending coal deposits into residential areas and the Royal National Park where the platypus live.
Source: smh.com.au
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Coal mines in the Illawarra struggled with last weekend’s deluge, sending coal deposits into residential areas and the Royal National Park where the platypus live.
This incident is separate to "significant pollution events" in September and October 2022, which are still under investigation.
'The centre has been advised the platypus have been released into this lower section of the Hacking River...