The Guardian • coal mine
Issue #2189
Pike River
This film by Rob Sarkies, starring 3-time Emmy nominee Melanie Lynskey and Robyn Malcolm is based on the Pike River Coal mine disaster of November...
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Issue #2156
The right side of history
A landmark decision by the NSW Court of Appeal to overturn the 2022 approval for Indonesian mining company MACH Energy, to extend its Mount Pleasant...
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Issue #2180
‘Burning our future’
As Queensland communities begin to recover from devastating flood events, environment groups have slammed the Albanese government for approving another open cut coal mine expansion...
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Issue #2162
End fossil fuel subsidies
A new Lock the Gate Alliance analysis reveals Australian taxpayers are paying for the construction of Whitehaven’s Winchester South Coal Mine because the diesel subsidy...
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Issue #2179
DINGO
The federal government gave the green light to more than 57,000 hectares of threatened species habitat destruction last year, making it the worst 12-month period...
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Issue #2167
DINGO
600,000 people recently took to the streets of London for Palestine. A reassertion of solidarity with a people facing genocide. A rebuke to PM Keir...
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Issue #2160
Qld government stops collecting royalties at Adani coal mine
The Queensland LNP government has negotiated with Bravus (formerly Adani), to defer royalty payments on the Carmichael coal mine. The former Labor government had signed...
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Issue #2165
Remembering the dead, for the sake of the living
Speech delivered by Mining and Energy Union (MEU) General President Tony Maher at the 2025 Northern Mining & NSW Energy District Annual Memorial Day. I’d...
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Issue #2166
Coal companies continue slaying workers
A notifiable dust disease register has been recently recorded in Queensland, where 292 workers have developed lung diseases in the past year. Six died before...
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Issue #2159
Helensburgh miners win increased pay and job security
NSW: striking Helensburgh miners have secured significant pay increases while defending their job security, in a new enterprise agreement voted up by Mining and Energy...
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Issue #2206
Coal mine approval as Albanese meets Pacific leaders
Greenpeace Australia Pacific has branded the Albanese government’s approval of BHP’s coal mine extension in Central Queensland an affront to Pacific leaders and communities grappling...
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