Australia is the biggest net exporter of coal globally, accounting for almost a third of all shipments
But as devastating bushfires - some of the worst in the country’s history - have destroyed large swathes of countryside and left at least 15 people dead, Australia’s coal industry has come under increasing scrutiny.
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