It's our season finale and we’re going beyond coal! After a century of digging, burning, and extracting, we ask the question: what actually happens next? Between election jitters, fringe politics, and the slow-motion chaos of public sector cuts, the future feels… complicated. Join Dr. Rosemary Joyner (MLRA) who talks storytelling, community voice, and what people really want: a future that’s fair, secure, and not just another corporate experiment. Then hear from Professor Thomas Baumgartl from Fed Uni who takes us deep into the dirt, literally. Soil is the underdog of mine rehab, drought is coming for us, and it turns out you can’t just chuck some grass seed on a slope and call it a day. Ps. because we yapped so much, this season finale has been split into a bonus beyond coal part 7, which we will release next month. So more Coal Face for all! Show notes/ sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vhKOtvPOdfcbsRI1ON3IhDslnjDVXg1aY3LfabJ-1kg/edit?usp=sharing

This is episode is all about looking forward to Offshore wind. More specifically, the Australian Centre for Offshore Wind Energy AKA ACOWE’s Technical symposium, which happened back in September 2025. The ACOWE Technical Symposium was the first of its kind, and was presented in collaboration with the Gippsland New Energy Conference.

Join us as we learn from expert guests Tamara Al-Hashimi the Technical Director of Marine Science at RPS, Associate Professor Peggy Shu-Ling Chen, PhD director at the Centre for Maritime and Logistics Management and Avi Shonberg the Chief Geotechnical Engineer at Ørsted.

Thanks you to Federation University Australia and the Victorian State Government for supporting the Coal Face podcast. Show Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/16Vjma-mruFs79GpXMDT0yq8rfH26H58n8ulw7UCwbGc/edit?usp=sharing

Yallourn was a much loved company town built to house power industry workers and their families. It was much loved by resident's and a showpiece for the state of Victoria. After the Second World War, many migrants arrived to help run and expand the power station, mine and some took up residency in Yallourn. Unfortunately, the industry that helped build Yallourn also ended up being the reason for its downfall.

In this episode hear from our guests David Langmore & Josef Sestokas as we take a look at some of the Latrobe Valley's migration history, displaced persons and the rise and fall of the town of Yallourn.

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