The phrase Selling coal to Newcastle is an Australian colloquial saying that is used for several different situations. This follows other Australian language customs of utilising words that may be inappropriate for some people, but are bloody brilliant for others. It also demonstrates another Australian custom of using a single phrase to refer to as many things as possible so they can be as lazy as possible. The phrase stems from Newcastle, a town on the New South Wales coast that used to produce coal and dole bludgers, an Australian term for a type of welfare bludger. Nowadays in only produces dole bludgers.
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