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Question: Jon Scholtz - Macquarie Research - Analyst
: Maybe just a question on the cost. Could you just dig in deeper to which part are likely to increase in there year-on-year? Is that mostly labor? And
is there a particular asset where you see the costs, I'm assuming Maules Creek?
Question: Jon Scholtz - Macquarie Research - Analyst
: And maybe just broader thinking of the market. Japan is one of your key customers. Could you maybe just give us a thought on how coal demand
looks there given the increase in nuclear outlook in the country?
Question: George Eadie - UBS Investment Bank, Research Division - Analyst
: I just wanted to clarify on the Narrabri CapEx, the 200 series. So that $250 million to $300 million is $34 million, $74 million already spent? Does
that mean there's $150 million to $200 million to be spent or $250 million to $300 million to come?
Question: George Eadie - UBS Investment Bank, Research Division - Analyst
: And 1 more, just sustaining CapEx, you give us a Narrabri life of mine 7 to 8, but any guidance for the company as a whole, including the open cuts?
Question: George Eadie - UBS Investment Bank, Research Division - Analyst
: Is it fair to say that we may be slightly higher than Narrabri?
Question: George Eadie - UBS Investment Bank, Research Division - Analyst
: If I can squeeze one last one. And just on the EPBC update in September. If that is approved by the Federal Environment Minister, is everything
fully approved for that now?
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