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Coal communities' cash splash from Royalties for Rejuvenation Fund a drop in the ocean amid titanic issues

Donna Page
Updated May 15 2022 - 1:55am, first published May 14 2022 - 5:00am
CAMPAIGNING: Then NSW deputy premier John Barilaro announcing the Resources for Rejuvenation fund with now Member for Upper Hunter Dave Layzell in the lead up to the Upper Hunter byelection last year.
CAMPAIGNING: Then NSW deputy premier John Barilaro announcing the Resources for Rejuvenation fund with now Member for Upper Hunter Dave Layzell in the lead up to the Upper Hunter byelection last year.

IT'S been labelled by critics as a "spit in the ocean", "spare change", "modest", "a cheap and insulting thought bubble" and "an absolute joke".

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Donna Page

Donna Page

Investigative journalist at the Newcastle Herald

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