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Wednesday, 1 March 1978


Mr Les Johnson (HUGHES, NEW SOUTH WALES) -My question is directed to the Minister for Trade and Resources. Do retrenchments in the southern New South Wales coal fields reflect both the fall in steel production and the cost advantages enjoyed by Queensland open cut mines over New South Wales underground mines? Will consideration be given to the introduction of a price equalisation scheme and, if necessary, the use of export powers to sustain employment and to maximise the return on the enormous investment in New South Wales underground coal mines?







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