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Calls for black lung Royal Commission

DESPITE a National Senate Inquiry into black lung disease and the Queensland government’s Sims Review into the failure of the medical screening process, there are calls for a Royal Commission into the disease. <b>By Lou Caruana</b>

Lou Caruana
There have been calls for a Royal Commission into the recurrence of black lung in Queensland.

There have been calls for a Royal Commission into the recurrence of black lung in Queensland.

Queensland MP Jo-Ann Miller has joined with unions in calling for the Royal Commission, as more cases of the disease surface among the state’s underground coal mining workforce. As at July 4 there have...

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