By Peter Douglas
Hills residents on Sunday 16 July joined the fight to stop the proposed Adani coalmine in Queensland’s Galilee Basin, with a protest held at Tecoma Uniting Church.
Organised by Stop Adani Belgrave, the group’s members viewed a screening of new documentary ‘Guarding The Galilee’.
The 30-minute documentary features Queensland-born actor Michael Caton and shines a spotlight on the battle to stop the ‘biggest coal mine in Australian history’.
Emmanuelle Blake, from Stop Adani Belgrave, said many in the community are worried about the potential environmental impacts.
“We decided to have the screening in Tecoma because we are all worried about the enormous impacts of Adani’s proposed coal mine on the reef, our climate and our future,” he said.
“We are also outraged at the possibility of our government giving Adani a $1 billion taxpayer funded loan for this destructive coalmine.”
Local residents who attended wrote messages to the Australian Government, suggesting how they would like to see the $1 billion spent.
