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A miner's triumph over black lung

Queensland miner tells his story as research gets $500,000 funding boost

61 year old miner, Julian Barnsdale, suffers from dust lung disease.

61 year old miner, Julian Barnsdale, suffers from dust lung disease.

Julian Barnsdale had worked in mines for 45 years when he received the news —  ironically, while still underground.  Barnsdale had been diagnosed with silicosis and coal worker's pneumoconiosis, also...

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