Fed: Brown offers no guarantees to coal communities

From: AAP General News (Australia) | Date: February 9, 2007 | Copyright information


AAP General News (Australia)

02-09-2007

Fed: Brown offers no guarantees to coal communities

By Peter Veness

CANBERRA, Feb 9 AAP - The Australian Greens have proposed shutting down Australia's
$25 billion a year coal industry, with a plan that would see thousands of jobless miners
retrained to work in renewable energy industries.

About 26,000 people are employed directly by the industry, which is Australia's leading
export ...

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