Peabody's Australian mines in jeopardy despite minister's advice, says lawyer

Environmental lawyer who has read the company's financial statements says Josh Frydenberg needs to revisit an assurance he gave workers

Josh Frydenberg should revisit reassurances he gave workers at Peabody's Australian coalmines after the company filed financial statements revealing a "dire financial position", an environmental lawyer who has studied the documents says.

When the world's biggest coalminer, Peabody Energy, sought bankruptcy protection in the United States in April, the federal resources minister said he had been reassured none of the company's 3,500 Australian workers would be losing their jobs.