Moranbah ABC News Feed

  1. Mining town locals reject environment department's 'wood fire' theory for dangerous dust levels

    The environment department suggests wood smoke might have caused a spike in airborne pollution in Moranbah in central Queensland in August, but locals say nearby coal mines are the more likely culprit, prompting the State Opposition to back a call for chemical testing.

  2. Miner killed working underground in central Queensland

    The overnight death of 57-year-old worker Brad Duxbury at the Carborough Downs Mine is the seventh death in the state's resources industry in about 18 months.

  3. Low spend on $5 billion northern Australia infrastructure funding

    Stakeholders call for an overhaul of the government's $5 billion fund that promised to turn northern Australia into an economic powerhouse.

  4. In Moranbah, getting a job is not the problem, childcare is

    Parents living in a mining town with one of the country's lowest unemployment rates are turning down jobs because there is no childcare available.

  5. Elevated levels of microscopic dust leave residents concerned

    High levels of dust in a central Queensland town have been attributed to lower-than-average rainfall, but residents say more needs to be done to ensure it isn't coming from nearby mining operations.

  6. Qantas bows to public pressure and lowers regional residents' airfares

    Residents in Mount Isa, Cloncurry, Longreach, Barcaldine, Blackall, Karratha and Kalgoorlie can expect to benefit from the new scheme, pricing airfares to the nearest capital city at a maximum of $800.

  7. Was a mine as big as Adani's approved during the election campaign?

    Following the election, Labor frontbencher Joel Fitzgibbon described the debate surrounding the Adani mine in Queensland as "crazy", saying that a mine just as big had been approved in the state during the campaign. Is he correct?

  8. Meet the Queenslanders changing the energy mix

    In Queensland's coal heartland, a number of locals are trading in their mining jobs to work in the renewables sector.

  9. 'No escape from grief': Parents mourn as quarry manager jailed over man's death in conveyor belt

    The manager of a quarry where a 21-year-old worker was crushed to death on-site in central Queensland is sentenced to 18 months in prison for safety breaches.

  10. Olive Downs mine may impact koala habitat the size of Sydney Harbour

    A new Queensland coal mine, about the same size as Adani's controversial project, did not draw opposition from environmentalists during the approval process, despite the possibility an expansive koala habitat the size of Sydney Harbour may be cleared.