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Whitehaven Coal's Winchester South coal mine in central Queensland's Bowen Basin plans to extract up to 17 million tonnes of coal a year for about 30 years.

The Queensland government allowed its mine safety commissioner Kate du Preez to keep acting in her role after accepting a lucrative job offer from a coal giant that has multiple convictions over workplace deaths and injuries, ABC Investigations has found.

Matthew James Ireland inflicted sickening injuries on Hemi Goodwin-Burke in 2015 and pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the day his murder trial was to begin. Today he's a free man, but Hemi's family say they've got a life sentence.

Operations at one of the state's biggest coal mines remain suspended after two serious incidents in one night.

With 54 "really concerning" mining incidents across Queensland since January, the union worries workers' lives are being put at risk.

As many as 77 people were evacuated before take-off at Moranbah in central Queensland on Wednesday evening after a fire was found in the tail of their charter flight.

An ABC analysis uncovers several examples of project approval being granted to coalmines based on environmental assessments that contained significant underestimates of their greenhouse gas pollution.

Queensland miner Rozlyn Walker, found guilty of causing the road death of healthcare worker Tammy Frewin during February 2022, has been reprimanded by the magistrate for giving false evidence that left her feeling "exasperated".

A metallurgical coal mine in Central Queensland has been flagged for approval by the federal government, but an environmental group says people who voted in favour of climate action have a right to feel betrayed. 

After months of legal argument, appeals, and hearings, the president of the Industrial Court of Queensland ruled this month that matters can proceed against Carborough Downs Coal Management over the death of Brad Duxbury in 2019.

A central Queensland mine operator has been cleared of breaching workplace health and safety laws over the death of a miner, despite a court ruling there was an "obvious" risk with faulty machinery.

After 40 years in coal mining and developing a persistent cough Peter Sharp now has answers and is urging others not to ignore their lungs.

The Federal Court finds BHP was in breach of the Fair Work Act when it rostered workers on for shifts on Christmas Day and Boxing Day in 2019 without consulting them. A lawyer says the judgement could have far-reaching implications.

A man's dream to connect the iron ore and coal fields of the Pilbara in the west and the Bowen Basin in the east is being scrutinised by a Senate committee this week.

When veteran miner Scott Leggett goes to work, he leaves behind his nine-year-old daughter Anika who worries he "might get badly injured" or that he won't come home at all.

Bravus must now do extra groundwater modelling after providing Queensland's environment department with new information indicating that future underground mining may draw down on water from the nearby Doongmabulla Springs.

Two miners who died this week will be added to a list of over 1,500 lives claimed by the state's mining industry. Despite significant resources invested in mining safety, why are these tragedies still happening? Experts explain.

The death of a bus driver at a mining camp in Moranbah last week is being investigated by police and Workplace Health and Safety Queensland.

For business owner Sam Gibson, Christmas is the busiest time of the year. But in the season of giving and receiving, Mr Gibson pauses to reflect on the greatest gift he ever received — a new kidney — while encouraging others to become donors. 

Waste management staff in Central Queensland say they are putting out up to five fires a day as more household goods are disposed of carelessly.

Police allege a mine worker and another man were found siphoning fuel from the back of a ute into a shed that contained eight 1,000-litre pods and thousands of dollars in cash.

Police allegedly found the men pumping fuel from a vehicle.

Moranbah coal miner Scott Leggett puts his job on the line to call out the safety culture within the industry.

Critics predicted Central Queensland beef producers Blair and Josie Angus would struggle to attract staff to run their $30 million abattoir, but nearly 40 staff have signed on.

Beef producers who built a private abattoir say it has been worth the risk to strengthen their paddock to plate beef business.