MEDIA RELEASES
Environmental activist wins case in Supreme Court on basis of civil liberties
23/11/2020 Environmental activist Ben Winch has successfully had numerous bail conditions removed, allowing him to return to Camp Binbee, an environmental campaigning hub near Bowen, Queensland. Winch recently requested to have his bail conditions amended in the Bowen...
Work disrupted on Adani’s mine site – “this is democracy” say activists
12/11/2020 Work has been disrupted on the site of Adani’s controversial Carmichael mine this morning, with two people locking themselves to an excavator. David McRae and Sam Pottenger said their action was a demonstration of the robust democracy required when our...
Local North QLD man stops work at Adani’s rail construction site
06/11/2020 Work has been halted this morning at Adani’s rail construction site near Belyando, QLD as Barney Jackson, a Magnetic Island resident attached himself to a concrete batching plant. Jackson used a steel elbow lock to attach himself to the top of the machinery...
Media Release: Adani’s rebranding called out by activists as “polishing a turd”
05/11/2020 Over 20 environmental activists have gathered at Adani’s headquarters in Townsville today, calling out the stink of Adani’s rebranding as “Bravus Mining”. A giant papier-mâché poop is on display, with protesters theatrically recreating Adani’s attempt to...
Adani’s lies about violent protesters show they can not be trusted
09/10/2020 Adani has again shown they can’t be trusted to tell the truth, making baseless accusations against peaceful protesters to cover up the assault perpetrated by their own staff. Yesterday a group of environmental activists blocked the road to Adani’s...
Activists stop work on Adani’s rail corridor to protect Suttor River
08/10/2020 An environmental activist has disrupted work on Adani’s Carmichael rail corridor this morning, 20 kilometres from the Suttor River. The protest action comes as Adani goes back to court over its controversial scheme to pump 12.5 billion litres of water per...
Activist halts work at Adani’s Abbot Point coal terminal
28/09/2020 Kyle Magee, 36, has stopped work at Adani’s Abbot Point coal terminal this morning by walking into the port and locking himself to coal loading infrastructure. Magee, using a colourfully painted and decorated metal elbow lock called a ‘love on’ attached...
Court outcomes for the ‘Newcastle 19’ coal port blockaders
19/05/2020 Nineteen climate change activists shut down ‘The Port of Newcastle’, the world’s largest coal port for a day in an occupation by nineteen students and professionals on 15th September 2018. Defendants in the case were sentenced today in the Newcastle Local...
Mermaid chained to cattle grid
21/02/2020 A mermaid chained to a cattle grid, 200 kilometres from the sea, is not what Adani contractor BMD expected to find on its way to work on Friday morning. Actor and activist, Janie Gibson, staged a theatrical blockade to send a message to Adani, BMD and the...
Valentines Gift for Adani Contractor
14/02/2021 It wasn’t exactly a bunch of red roses that awaited Adani contractor BMD as they went to work on Adani’s mine project on Valentine’s Day. Instead, it was 65-year old Craig from the burnt-out Blue Mountains that welcomed them. Craig was locked on to a cattle...
Adani HQ disrupted as 75 year old ‘locks on’
05/02/2020 Seventy-five year-old Barb Nielsen is so concerned about the impact of climate change that she locked herself to a guard rail outside Adani’s headquarters in Townsville. She is protesting against the company’s new Carmichael coalmine and government support...
Over 40 Queenslanders disrupt work on Adani’s megatrucks being assembled in Mackay
30/01/2020 NO TRUCKIN' WAY ! 6AM: Over 40 Queenslanders from across the state including local Mackay residents have disrupted contractor Hastings Deering's industrial complex where driverless trucks marked for work on Adani's controversial mine are about to begin...