Senate Inquiry Probes Return of 'Coalminers' Lung Disease'

There are fears more Queensland coal miners could be affected by a fatal lung disease thought to have been eradicated in Australia decades ago. Image: Black lung sufferer Percy Verral (AAP)

Six sufferers of black lung, or coal miners disease, have recently been found in the state, and their cases are believed by some to be just the tip of the ice-berg.

 

A senate inquiry hearing in Brisbane is investigating the re-emergence of the disease.