Independents vow to use influence to stop Adani mine


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A group of independent candidates have vowed to use their influence to stop the Adani coal mine in Queensland if elected. 


As the polls tighten ahead of the 18 May election, the major parties face the prospect of needing to negotiate with successful independents to form government or get their legislation through. 


Zali Steggall, Rob Oakeshott, Oliver Yates and Ray Kingston are among independents in with a chance this election.

Seven high profile candidates have issued a combined statement vowing to work together to achieve meaningful action on climate change, with blocking the Carmichael mine topping their list of demands.


Protestors are seen during a Stop Adani rally in Brisbane, Monday, April 22, 2019. Conservationist and former Greens leader Bob Brown has led a march on the Adani HQ to protest their proposed mine in the Galilee Basin. (AAP Image/Dave Hunt) NO ARCHIVING

The joint statement states that full development of the Galilee Basin including the Adani mine would double Australia’s coal exports and significantly contribute to global climate change. 


“Extreme weather events, loss of native species, landscape changes, and sea-level rise are all now driving increased mitigation and adaptation costs on government and business, a loss of investment opportunity, lack of economic certainty, and damaging our future standard of living and health of our country.”


Kerryn Phelps

Signatories to the agreement, brokered by the Australian Conservation Fund, include Zali Steggall who is challenging former prime minister Tony Abbott in Warringah and Wentworth MP Kerryn Phelps, who claimed the seat after Malcolm Turnbull’s departure. 


Former boss of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation Oliver Yates, who is up against Treasurer Josh Frydenberg, and Cowper independent candidate Rob Oakshott, a kingmaker in the Julia Gillard minority government, has also signed the statement. 


The group’s other demands include exceeding Australia’s Paris Agreement emissions reduction target, without counting Kyoto credits, and increase funding to protect threatened species and habitat. 


Independent MP Andrew Wilkie, who is expected to be reelected in the renamed Tasmanian electorate of Clark, signed the agreement but has ruled out negotiating with either major parties. 


Meanwhile, the mining union has accused the Queensland Labor government of double standards for approving a thermal coal mine in the state but dragging its heels approving the Adani mine in the Galilee Basin.


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