Coal-rich Hunter Valley ponders jobs future as Asian giants commit to net-zero carbon emissions
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Gerard Spinks and Carl Kirwin are not as worried about their own futures as those of their children and grandchildren.
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At the Lochinvar pub in the NSW Hunter Valley, a couple of power industry workers meet for a drink and ponder the future. Everybody s a bit nervous because we are very reliant about coal, coal-fired power, says Gerard Spinks, who has worked for 39 years in the power stations of the Upper Hunter. All of our other main industries are gone our steel, shipbuilding, rail, and textiles so all we ve got left is mining and power. Once that goes, we ve got no idea what the future holds.