Budget Priorities 2013

PROSPERITY, CERTAINTY, RESPONSIBILITY - AUSTRALIA'S FUTURE WITH COAL

The Australian coal industry - adding value to the Australian economy

24 April 2013:  The Australian coal industry - adding value to the Australian economy

Coal industry welcomes Callide Oxyfuel Project

15 December 2012 The Australian Coal Association (ACA) today welcomed the opening of the Callide ...

Anti-coal activists must be accountable

8 January 2013 Anti-coal activists must be made accountable for reckless stunts that create financ...

In the media...

"Attack on Whitehaven shows movement holds public in contempt" Dr Nikki Williams in the The Australian Newspaper

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Australian Coal Association Chief Executive Nikki Williams says "reducing costs was the  industry's number one priority" Newcastle Herald

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RET blowout no help to industry, The Australian Newspaper

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Fast Facts

 
  • Black coal supplies 54% of Australian households and businesses with their electricity needs.

  • Australia is the world’s largest coal exporter worth an estimated $49 billion in 2011-12

  • The coal industry directly employ over 55,000 people and at least a further 100,000 indirectly, mostly in regional areas

  • The coal industry spends an estimated $16 billion each year on goods and services in Australia

  • Black coal provides fuel for around 50% of Australia’s electricity

  • Australia has around 111 years of demonstrated black coal resources

  • Black coal is Australia’s second largest export commodity, worth $43.1 billion in 2010-11

  • Coal exports have increased by more than 50% over the past 10 years

  • Australia’s coal mines will pay an estimated $4.5 billion in royalties to state governments in 2011-12 including $2.7 billion in Queensland and $1.7 billion in NSW

  • The G20 has confirmed that there are no fossil fuel subsidies in Australia.

  • Black coal supplies 54% of Australian households and businesses with their electricity needs.

  • Australia is the world’s largest coal exporter worth an estimated $49 billion in 2011-12

  • The coal industry directly employ over 55,000 people and at least a further 100,000 indirectly, mostly in regional areas

  • The coal industry spends an estimated $16 billion each year on goods and services in Australia

  • Black coal provides fuel for around 50% of Australia’s electricity

  • Australia has around 111 years of demonstrated black coal resources

  • Black coal is Australia’s second largest export commodity, worth $43.1 billion in 2010-11

  • Coal exports have increased by more than 50% over the past 10 years

  • Australia’s coal mines will pay an estimated $4.5 billion in royalties to state governments in 2011-12 including $2.7 billion in Queensland and $1.7 billion in NSW

  • The G20 has confirmed that there are no fossil fuel subsidies in Australia.

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