Australia's coal industry isn't even all that big. McDonalds employs more people in Australia than the entire coal industry does. It employs around 40,000 peop

Australia's coal industry isn't even all that big. McDonalds employs more people in Australia than the entire coal industry does. It employs around 40,000 people in total, most of those are in mining, and that is mostly an export industry. Very few are involved in coal power generation.