ADANI MINE PROTESTERS LINE UP TO CONGA AT KAREN’S

‘STOP Adani’ Gold Coast protesters say their polling shows most residents in the McPherson electorate oppose the controversial Adani Carmichael coal mine in Central Queensland.

The activist group has doorknocked more than 2000 residences over about nine months and says it has obtained 1000 “postcards” opposing the Galilee Basin project.

It is expected about 100 protesters will meet in Watts Dve, Varsity Lakes, from 9am-10.30am today for a “Climate Conga at Karen’s” to deliver the postcards to federal MP Karen Andrews.

Protesters hope a novelty conga-line dance will draw the attention of the McPherson MP, who is Minister for Industry, Science and Technology.

Stop Adani spokeswoman Luna Derkley said its demonstrated “significant public opposition”.

“Seventy-one per cent of McPherson residents from the four suburbs polled were opposed to (the) mine,” she said.

Adani says its proposed Carmichael mine would have a processing capacity of 10 million tonnes of thermal coal a year.

“This will produce around 240,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide,’’ it says on its website. “To put this in perspective, Queensland overall produces more than 95.7 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions each year. The Carmichael mine’s emissions will be less than 0.04 per cent of Australia’s emissions.”

Ms Andrews said the mine’s approvals were in the hands of Federal Environment Minister Melissa Price and the Queensland Government. She welcomed “the views of all my constituents”.