https://aidenking.com.au/tags/hunter-valley/Recent content in Hunter Valley on Aiden King · AI Partner · Newcastle, NSWHugoeninfo@aidenking.com.au (Reiner Gärtner)info@aidenking.com.au (Reiner Gärtner)Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://aidenking.com.au/blog/2026-04-02-what-actually-replaces-a-coal-job/Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000info@aidenking.com.au (Reiner Gärtner)https://aidenking.com.au/blog/2026-04-02-what-actually-replaces-a-coal-job/<p>Politicians love saying &ldquo;green jobs.&rdquo; It polls well. It makes for good press releases and even better election promises. But when I moved to Lake Macquarie and then Newcastle, right in the heart of Australia&rsquo;s coal country, the engine room that powered Sydney for a century, I noticed something odd. Everyone was talking about the transition. Nobody was counting it.</p> <p>How many green jobs are actually being advertised in the Hunter right now? What kind? Are they replacing coal jobs at the same skill level and pay grade, or are we swapping a $120k excavator operator for a $55k solar panel installer and calling it progress?</p>