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Parliamentary committee convenes on black lung

A SELECT committee made up of experts from key Queensland government departments met on Friday for a public parliamentary inquiry into coal workers’ pneumoconiosis or black lung disease.

Lou Caruana
Black lung was the subject of a parliamentary inquiry in Queensland.

Black lung was the subject of a parliamentary inquiry in Queensland.

Among the speakers were the Queensland assistant chief inspector of coal mines Russell Albury and Department of Natural Resources and Mines director-general James Purtill. In July, Resources Minister...

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