Brant Webb has some urgent advice for the miners rescued from the collapsed Ballarat gold mine this week: talk to partners, family and close friends about the experience, hold nothing back ...

According to the AWU Victorian secretary, the Ballarat miners were engaging in a manual style of air legging on unsupportive ground when the ground gave out, trapping two miners and killing one.

Photo / Screenshot A miner trapped underground after a mine collapse at Ballarat has died. Two miners were pinned by fallen rocks at the mine on Woolshed Gully Drive at Mount Clear on Wednesday ...