"Before going any further , I whole heartedly agree with Bunya...

"Before going any further , I whole heartedly agree with Bunya that Mr Charleston (of the South Burnett Times fame) is probably sitting on the thickest coal seams in history, reportedly 8.21 klm thick under his 5 acre hobby farm.........astounding figures."

~ astounding numbers for a 'gentleman farmer' indeed, coalboy.

many thanks for the background run-up.

undoubtedly,
there will be many more 'exposes' as this fiasco unfolds, that fall into this category of closet bleeding hearts who vociferously display such concern for the environment (mostly their own back pockets we suss).