As the Queensland town of Dysart is rocked by BHP's job cuts, one shop is bracing for a surge in work: Vinnies

The people of Dysart in central Queensland are used to seeing workers come and go.

When news broke that the nearby Saraji South coalmine would be mothballed by November, however, they began preparing to farewell many more.

“The closure of a mine is always a concern around here,” baker Toby Teelow says. “Because the town only survives when the mines are open. There’s nothing else in the town. There’s no other sustainable business without the influx of mining.”

BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) announced the decision to place the Saraji South coalmine into care and maintenance and slash 750 roles across the state on Wednesday .

According to the Mining and Energy Union (MEU), most of the BMA jobs cuts will be corporate and support roles, with only 72 of them being coal production jobs.