<div>Q&A: panellists spar over coal as energy debate dominates</div>

Doctor says respiratory and cardiovascular implications of coal should be top of Australia’s energy debate and warns Adani mine threatens health of millions The health implications of coal-fired power should be a main concern in Australia’s debate over energy generation, doctors have argued. Speaking on the ABC’s Q&A program, the chair of Doctors for the Environment New South Wales, Dr John Van Der Kallen, asked panellists why health was not a primary consideration in the discussion over the closure of coal-fired power stations such as the Liddell plant in the Hunter Valley “when we know that the pollution from these coal-fired power stations contributes to respiratory and cardiovascular illness, as well as premature death?” Related: Enough tiptoeing around. Let’s make this clear: coal kills people | Tim Hollo Why is health not a consideration in closure of coal fired power stations? @MichaelSukkarMP & @emmalherd respond #QandA pic.twitter.com/594EK9ladY Related: Alan Finkel urges Turnbull to adopt clean energy target before states act When will the Federal Government formulate a comprehensive energy policy? @MichaelSukkarMP & @SenatorWong #QandA pic.twitter.com/2n5lDUUvDf Continue reading...