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Fraser Barton

Health practice suspended for miners' bung lung tests

A health practice has been suspended after coal miners underwent inadequate lung testing. (Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS)

A health practice in central Queensland has been suspended after an audit found 135 miners had undergone inadequate lung testing.

The state's mining safety body suspended a Mackay-based practice for six months after its audit revealed 30 per cent of the provider's spirometry tests were unacceptable and did not meet minimum quality standards.

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