Christine Milne (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the minister for indicating that the government would take it seriously and I will provide the report to the government. Given the evidence presented from Australia and around the world on the damage to health and social wellbeing of communities living near coalmines, does the government agree that it is a matter of urgency to conduct a full-scale study on the impacts of coalmining on people's health, and will it commit to considering measures such as monitoring and enforcement of maximum particulates and buffer zones in the interests of the people living in coal communities?