Yancoal announced recently the closure of the Ashton coal mine at Camberwell. Its workers were summoned to the Singleton town hall on a wintry morning to be told their mine would be shuttered by January 2028.
You would think that, this far into Australia's march towards net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, there would be government measures in place to support these workers well before they lose their jobs, and to support Upper Hunter communities as they take another hit from contraction in Australia's coal economy.
