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Subscriber only A Yeppoon coal miner and his wife have filed a $4.2 million lawsuit against major coal companies for damages after he contracted black lung disease in 2017. Kerry Lucas, 62, was previously a very active member of the community but now struggles for breath and to walk a short distance. The workplace injury lawsuit was filed in the Rockhampton Supreme Court last month against Workcover Queensland, Rolleston Coal Holdings, Joy Global, Ensham Resources, BM Alliance Coal Operations, BHP Coal and BHP Billton Mitsui Coal. Workcover Queensland has been listed as a successor for Eagle Engineering, which is now wound up.
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wasn t me! the cheeks don t lie, chet. irrestibly planters. welcome back, everyone. new tweets from the president this morning. in particular about his meeting with the german chancellor. despite what you have heard from the fake news, i had a great meeting with german chancellor angela merkel. nevertheless, germany owes vast sums of money to nato and the united states must be paid more for the powerful and very expensive defense it provides to germany. reaction to those tweets in a few minutes. let s bring in kerry lucas and jonathan alter. great to have both of you guys with us. carrie, let me begin with you, first of all. by most accounts this was an awkward meeting, even according to a report that the german chancellor said should we shake hands and trump didn t shake