ADANI has the go-ahead to start building the Carmichael coal mine – but is the governments’ approval for the project the future direction we had hoped for? Pitted against the prospect of jobs and an economic boost are the lingering concerns for environmental protection. “The project will deliver 1500 direct and 6750 indirect jobs during ramp-up and construction, with Rockhampton ... Read More »
Police charged five multi-faith protesters and served others with infringement notices on November 21 as a group blocked work on the Central Queensland rail line to be used to transport coal from the proposed Adani mega-coal mine. The protesters, including those charged with blocking road access and due to appear in court in early December, are all members of the ... Read More »
GRANDPARENTS, mothers of children in strollers and Church advocates were amongst scores of anti-coalmine protesters that forced the front doors to close at Brisbane’s main branch of the Commonwealth Bank on July 27. The protesters crowded the footpath outside the bank’s Queen Street headquarters, calling for an end to the proposed $16.5 billion Adani mega-coalmine in Queensland’s Galilee Basin. “We ... Read More »
TO mine or not to mine? It’s a question capable of dividing Catholics as much as any other issue. In Queensland, those who oppose the Adani proposal for a $16.5 billion Galilee Basin coalmine in central Queensland, point to Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si’ (On Care for Our Common Home), and his views on fossil fuels and climate change. However, ... Read More »
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