Antinuclear

Queensland’s Supreme Court has barred two Aboriginal traditional owners and their representatives from returning to a ceremonial camp they set up at the controversial Adani mine site.

The mining giant won its bid for a court order against Wangan and Jagalingou man Adrian Burragubba and his son Coedy McAvoy, after the court found the men had threatened to continue to enter the Carmichael mine site, despite a temporary injunction against trespassing issued last October.

A breach carries a possible prison sentence.

Last August the two men set up camp and a ceremonial site on the property after the State Government extinguished native title over the 1,385 hectares of Wangan and Jagalingou land in Queensland’s Galilee Basin.

Mr Burragubba has brought numerous court actions against the proposed Adani coal mine and has declared bankruptcy due to costs……..

Mr Burragubba and Mr McAvoy did not have legal representation and did not appear at the hearings, a decision Mr Burragubba said was because “the rules were already set against us”.

“This move by Adani simply continues the injustice against us. Adani had already secured its legal entitlements against my rights and interests. But they continue their vindictiveness, and spying on us, because we refuse to concede,” Mr Burragubba said in a statement.

He said they had not returned to the ceremonial site since being confronted by Adani’s security last year.

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