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Tributes Flow for Paul ‘Chook’ Phillips

The NSW Resources Regulator has opened an investigation as the mine remains shut and Glencore says operations have not yet restarted.

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Hunter mine worker, Paul ‘Chook’ Phillips, is being remembered as a hardworking family man after he was killed at the United Wambo mine near Singleton on Monday. A statement from Chook’s family: To us, he was never really Paul. He was just “Chook”—a nickname that no one seems to remember the origin of. Even Mum …

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Tributes flow for Paul ‘Chook’ Phillips

Hunter mine worker, Paul ‘Chook’ Phillips, is being remembered as a hardworking family man after he was killed at the United Wambo mine near Singleton on Monday. A statement from Chook’s family: To us, he was never really Paul. He was just “Chook”—a nickname that no one seems to remember the origin of. Even Mum …

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Tributes for Chook: a 'bloke's bloke' taken too soon

Tributes flow for Paul Phillips, 59, killed at United Wambo mine. Investigations are underway into the accident involving a mobile unit. See his life.

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Newcastle Herald broke the news in Newcastle, Australia on Wednesday, August 5, 2026.
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