MEDIA RELEASES
30 people block access to Adani’s Carmichael mine site
18/09/2019 A group of 30 people has disrupted work for four hours this morning on the site of Adani’s controversial Carmichael mine. The group blocked the gates of Adani’s workers’ camp, stopping workers from entering the proposed mine site. The group declared that...
Activists tell Iplex and Vinidex not to profit from climate emergency
16/09/2019 A group of twenty people have blocked access to the offices of two potential Adani contractors this morning in Townsville, calling on Iplex and Vinidex to reject work on the controversial Carmichael mine. Both piping companies have submitted tenders for the...
Climate activists disrupt work on BMD’s Bruce Highway site
13/09/2019 A group of 15 people have this morning delayed work on the Haughton River Floodplain upgrade on the Bruce Highway, demanding contractor BMD cut ties with Adani’s controversial Carmichael mine.The group blocked access to workers entering the site just south...
Group outside George Christensen’s office say “democracy has been hijacked”
11/09/2019 A group of over 40 concerned citizens are outside George Christensen’s office in Mackay this morning, saying corporate influence in politics has hijacked democracy. The group are there in support of people who have this morning shut down operations at...
Work stopped at Adani’s Abbot Point coal terminal
11/09/2019 Four people have stopped work at Adani’s Abbot Point coal terminal this morning by walking into the port and locking themselves to coal loading infrastructure. Two of the group stopped work at 4:30am by locking themselves to a conveyor belt. They said they...
Work stopped at Mackay office of piping company AC Whalan
09/09/2019 Concerned citizens have stopped work this morning at the Mackay office of piping company AC Whalan, demanding the company withdraws its tender from Adani’s controversial Carmichael mine. 20 yer old Lisa Amato locked herself to the gate of the facility,...
Climate activists to pursue assault charges against Adani employee
06/09/2019 Activists from Frontline Action on Coal (FLAC) will formally pursue assault charges against an Adani employee following an incident on Wednesday morning by the Gregory Highway on the site of Adani’s rail corridor. They will allege that with no provocation,...
Farmer stops work on Adani’s Carmichael mine
04/09/2019 A man has locked himself to a drill rig this morning, disrupting work on Adani’s controversial Carmichael mine in the Galilee Basin. 63 year old teacher and farmer Will Douglas, from Moruya in NSW, locked himself to the drill rig on Adani’s rail corridor;...
Three people stop work at Iplex’s Townsville office
02/09/2019 Three people have locked themselves to the gates of piping company Iplex’s Townsville office this morning, stopping work and calling on them to withdraw their tender for Adani’s controversial Carmichael coal mine. Brisbane-based public health professional...
Two women lock on to stop work at Townsville company
27/08/2019 Two Queensland women have locked themselves to the gates of Adani contractor, Iplex, on Ingham Road in Townsville this morning. The two women locked on, Jo Bulmer and Wendy Tubman, along with 25 climate change campaigners, are demanding that Iplex withdraw...
Activist defies Premier’s lock-on laws on Adani’s Carmichael site
21/08/2019 A climate activist has locked himself to machinery on the site of Adani’s Carmichael mine this morning in defiance of the Queensland’s Government’s move to outlaw lock-on devices. Emu Park based father John Williams locked himself to a drill rig – stopping...
Climate Activists Stop Adani Drill Rig and Celebrate Australia’s Blockading History
16/09/2019 A climate activist this morning locked herself to a drill rig on Adani’s Carmichael mine site, disrupting work on the controversial project. Heather Simpson from Stanthorpe locked herself to the drill rig at 6:30am by the Gregory Highway; while a group of...