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Aaron Bunch

'Un-Australian': scheme under fire as mine jobs slashed

More than 1000 jobs are being slashed as three coal mines close in Queensland. (Nikki Short/AAP PHOTOS)

A series of coal mine closures and job lay-offs and claims of an "un-Australian" royalty scheme might not be the last, a mining expert says.

Anglo American, BHP Mitsubishi Alliance and QCoal have shuttered mines and axed more than 1000 workers in Queensland in recent days.

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