Thousands protest across Australia against Adani's coal mine project
October 08, 2017  14:27
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Several protests were held across Australia against Indian mining giant Adani's proposed $16.5 billion Carmichael coal mine project, which has been delayed for years over environmental and financing issues.

Rallies were held yesterday in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, the Gold Coast and Port Douglas in North Queensland where thousands of protesters took to streets as part of a National Day of Action. 

"If this mine does go ahead it drives us into a dirty future and Australia is a country that's smarter than that," Simon Fosterling, said a Bondi surf life saver at the Sydney protest, which attracted about 2,000 people.

"I have a two-year-old daughter and I don't want to have a conversation with her in 10 years time and the mine's gone ahead and she says to me, 'dad, why didn't you do something?'"

Protesters spelled out '#STOP ADANI' by standing in formation on the sand.

Sydney 'Stop Adani' campaigner Isaac Astill called the construction of the mine an international issue.

"It's going to be the biggest coal mine in the southern hemisphere at a time when our climate is crumbling," Astill said. "It's an international issue and that's why we're seeing people around the world and in Australia coming out in their thousands to say no to Adani."
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