Like a scene from 'The Castle'

The Queensland town of Acland has been all but swallowed by a coal mine. After decades of legal battle, there is only one resident left. Tomorrow the High Court will decide if he’ll be swallowed, too. 

Guest: Senior reporter for The Saturday Paper Rick Morton.

Background reading:

How one mine ate a town in The Saturday Paper

The Saturday Paper

The Monthly

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