Brown promises allure of gold in new coal economy   Australian
Broadcasting Corporation  Broadcast: 15/05/2012  Reporter: Greg
Hoy  Brown coal in Victoria's La Trobe Valley could soon be a
major resources export according to Federal Resources and Energy
Minister Martin Ferguson.   CHRIS UHLMANN, PRESENTER: The
Australian economy now rides on the back of a mining truck, with
mineral exports fuelling the top end of the two speed economy.
Now, a controversial new export industry is being proposed. The
plan is to sell millions of tonnes of Victorian brown coal to
overseas markets like India and Japan. Greg Hoy reports.  GREG
HOY, REPORTER: After decades feeding the furnaces of four giant
power stations producing Australia's cheapest, if most carbon
intensive, electricity, to deliver 90 per cent of Victoria's
needs, many increasingly believe, despite ongoing protests,
mining of the brown coal fields of Victoria's La Trobe Valley
and beyond has barely scratched the surface.  TED BAILLIEU,
VICTORIAN PREMIER: It's a