Protestors occupy office of 'minister for coal'

Naarm/Melbourne
October 30, 2015
Issue 
1075
News
Protestors in Greg Hunt's office.

Protesters occupied environment minister Greg Hunt's office in Melbourne on October 30, in protest at his re-approval of Australia's largest new mega coalmine β€” the Adani-Carmichael mine in Queensland.

Protesters hung a banner from the roof with β€œGreg Hunt: Minister for Coal” emblazoned across it.

β€œIt is clear that our Minister for the Environment doesn't stand for the environment at all”, said student activist Sam Dariol.

Morgana Russell, one of the occupiers, said: β€œHunt is acting as a rogue agent for the fossil fuel industry. We stand in solidarity with traditional custodians in the Galilee basin who have been fighting against Adani trashing their land.”

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