Antinuclear

A rally, organised by a collection of 13 environmental groups, crashed Westpac’s 200th anniversary celebrations at Carriageworks, in the inner-Sydney suburb of Redfern, on Saturday, halting proceedings for about 90 minutes as police unchained a protester from a metal post inside the event.

Several hundred protesters calling for the Adani mine to be stopped greeted guests, including Scott Morrison and former Queensland premier — now the new Australian Bankers Association chief — Anna Bligh, by waving signs, blowing whistles and banging on the window of some taxis and cars going into the area……..

Westpac’s decision against publicly or privately ruling out funding the project has made it a high-profile target for protesters amid suggestions the government may fund new coal projects…….

 Environmental groups, ­including 350.org, the Australian Conservation Foundation, Market Forces and Greenpeace walked out of a third meeting with Westpac after failing to draw ­commitment from the bank.

GetUp! activist Shaun Murray said the “disruption (on Saturday night) pales in significance relative to the destruction that the Adani project would cause’’ http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/financial-services/activists-vow-to-continue-protests-against-westpac-over-adani-funding/news-story/243dbf61d6a378a81302488e