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Left to right: Joel Fitzgibbon, MP, ALP Federal Member for Hunter; Stephen Galilee, CEO, Minerals Council of NSW; Mark Latham MLC, NSW One Nation Party leader; John Barilaro, NSW National Party leader. Photo from Joel Fitzgibbon's Twitter account.

King Coal’s loyal foot-soldiers on the job

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:April 8, 2021
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Opinion by Greg Ray The photo tells you much about the coal industry in NSW. A bunch of political bottom-feeders in uniform for the fading but still wealthy King Coal.…

King Coal wants it all his way

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:August 31, 2020
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KING Coal is an outlaw, of the worst kind. The coal industry is so quick to invoke the letter of the law when it comes to stopping people protesting against…

The great Newcastle railway debate of 1856

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:July 8, 2020
Post category:History Newcastle, NSW, Australia

WHEN the newly formed NSW Railway Commission proposed in 1856 to extend the Newcastle railway line from Honeysuckle Point to the city’s east, many of the town’s inhabitants were horrified.…