As climate disasters hit our homes, businesses, transport and infrastructure, coal mines & coal fired power stations are being decommissioned at end of useful life and as energy markets change.
The local community faces challenges to shape the future of jobs and the economy.
Unions call for building public transport vehicles in Australia now, and for transforming current public and freight rail transport to hybrid and electric.
Lithgow locals are calling for Government to take back and use the idle Lithgow Loco Workshop - 1/4 of Lithgow's industrial land. The workshops are ideal for retrofitting freight trains for a hybrid electric future, providing many trade jobs for Lithgow and the Mountains in a very short time.
Dr Michelle Zeibots is a Lithgow Local & Research Director and Lecturer at the University of Technology Sydney, Transport Research Centre. She is a transport planner, specialising in the analysis of sustainable urban passenger transport systems.
Steve Murphy is the National Secretary, Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union campaigning to "Build Them Here" & "Save our Skills".
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