Last semester, one of our journalist students – Josie Hess – pitched an idea about life in Victoria’s coal country. That’s in Gippsland, around 160 kilometres east of Melbourne. They wanted to know: what does life after coal look like in a nation still reliant on fossil fuels? And who’s fighting for it? 

Today, a preview of Coal Face episode two, After The Smoke – The Hazelwood Mine Fire. Coal Face is created and presented by Josie Hess and Steph Sabrinskas. This episode also features activist Wendy Farmer. Full episodes of Coal Face can be found at coalfacepodcast.com.

The Yarn is produced by the Centre for Advancing Journalism, at the University of Melbourne.