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Both optimism and concern for future jobs in the rapidly changing Upper Hunter jobs market

Young people, like Abby Wilson, have grown up around the Upper Hunter coal industry. (ABC Upper Hunter: Bindi Bryce)

Against a backdrop of the ongoing transition to renewables and the closure of their massive Liddell power station, a cutthroat contest is emerging in the coal mining Upper Hunter seat this election.

Wiradjuri woman Abby Wilson, 25, is among the thousands of workers in the electorate who make their living at open-cut and underground coal mines. 

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