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Macfarlane should make black lung top priority: CFMEU

NEWLY-appointed Queensland Resources Council CEO Ian Macfarlane should immediately commit to adequately support black lung disease victims in Queensland, the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union said.

Lou Caruana
Queensland Resources Council CEO Ian Macfarlane.

Queensland Resources Council CEO Ian Macfarlane.

Last week’s call by the QRC for a review of the compensation scheme was a significant change in the council’s position that acknowledged victims are not being properly supported, but “there is a long way...

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