The main message of the report to Australia:

Asked if he thinks that Australia could manage such a transition when and if the time comes he says “No”.

"One of the biggest problems Australia has is there is no existing relationship between employers, trade unions and states," he said.

"In your country you are rather heading towards a conflict, not a consensus. What we are trying to do here is have softer negotiations and find a solution at an earlier point."

But when you explore the notion in Australia, you discover there is another stumbling block. There is simply no acceptance in Australia that coal has a limited future.

... “They see it as a problem in the English-speaking world, this culture of ‘sack them and forget them’.”