Artist: The LEAD Group

Lead-safety Message: ABC News reporters Joanna Woodburn and Micaela Hambrett have done an awesome job in 2023 reporting on acid mine drainage from the former Sunny Corner mine, lead contamination and potential future lead hazards from Cadia Lead Mine near Orange, and the proposed Bowdens Silver Mine at Mudgee.

Description of Work: Collaged screenshots from Australia’s beef, sheep and olive exports could be ruined if lead mine is built in New South Wales, inquiry told – ABC News; Rural communities feeling anxious as NSW government pursues Critical Minerals Strategy – ABC News; Chair of NSW parliamentary inquiry into impacts of metal mining on human health flags integrity concerns – ABC News; NSW parliamentary inquiry submissions warn of lead, gold, silver, zinc mining impacts – ABC News