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Black lung raises the need for dust limit reduction: CFMEU

LEGAL dust limits must be reduced before the next Queensland election and a monitoring and a compliance regime, independent of employers, which has “real teeth” should be introduced, the mining union said after the Queensland Parliamentary Committee’s interim findings of the Inquiry into black lung disease was released.

Lou Caruana
Black lung raises the need for dust limit reduction: CFMEU

Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union district president Stephen Smyth said 20 victims were already struggling to breathe and urgent action was needed. “These people are dying – we need to get...

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