The environment was one of the biggest issues in the 2022 election. 

This time around, it's hardly been mentioned. 

So how do voters from one of the country's biggest coal producing regions feel ahead of the election on May 3?

Today on the final stop of hack's election tour, we're in Newcastle and the Hunter in New South Wales. 

So what matters to the locals here? The future of coal country, climate change, the energy transition, plus jobs and training. 

Guests: 

• Callum Pull, Liberal councillor and Newcastle Deputy Lord Mayor 
• Paige Johnson, Labor councillor 

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