"Queensland police refuse to remove traditional owners occupying Adani’s coalmine site", 2 October 2021

Queensland police have told a group of First Nations people occupying the site of Adani’s Carmichael coalmine for the past five weeks that they have no intention of removing them from the area “at this time”.

The group of Wangan and Jagalingou traditional owners opposed to the coalmine project began an ongoing cultural ceremony within the boundary of Adani’s mining lease...

Adani says the group are “anti-fossil fuel activists” who are “trespassing under the guise of traditional activity”.

[O]fficers at the mine site have told the group of traditional owners that they recognise their cultural rights to conduct ceremony, under provisions of the 2019 Queensland Human Rights Act.

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“We are the first Aboriginal people to use the Human Rights Act to defend our cultural rights and we are going to keep doing it.”

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[Comments by Adani]: "We are supportive of our traditional owners undertaking cultural practices and ceremonies on their traditional lands and as a responsible landholder we will continue to ensure that when people do wish to access our land properties, they are able to do so in a planned, safe, and respectful manner... However, we won’t tolerate criminal activity on our mining lease..."