This is what locals in a traditional coal community think about the government’s net zero plan

John Sharples teaches boilermaking at the local TAFE.

“From my point of view, it’s time to get out of fossil fuel. Let’s go solar, let’s go natural, we’ve got a big sun up there we can use,” he told SBS News.

“You just diversify, rejig yourself, reinvent yourself, that’s the important thing…