Opinion

Clayton Barr: Raising the Barr | Education will help us find our new future

By Member for Cessnock, Clayton Barr
June 16 2021 - 12:00am
PLAN FOR THE FUTURE: Clayton Barr urges coal miners and their children to get a good education in order to make sure that they continue to earn good dollars in the decades ahead.
PLAN FOR THE FUTURE: Clayton Barr urges coal miners and their children to get a good education in order to make sure that they continue to earn good dollars in the decades ahead.

In the Cessnock LGA alone, there are some 2000-plus people directly employed by the coal industry. This brings about $200 million in wages into our community every year.

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