Anti-coal protesters harass workers at Adani Carmichael mine in Queensland | Daily Mail Online

2022-08-20 03:42:49 By : Ms. Echo Zhang

By Kylie Stevens For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 00:32 EDT, 19 December 2021 | Updated: 00:43 EDT, 19 December 2021

Miners copped a barrage of expletive-filled abuse and sexist slurs by anti-coal protesters while being chased in cars around remote sites.

Anti-mining protesters have spent months camping at Adani's controversial Carmichael mine in Central Queensland and refused to move.

Bravus Mining and Resources claimed the protesters cause chaos at the site and pit spent $9,000 to ramp up security to protect staff, who now wear cameras for their own protection.

The company posted videos of the heated encounters on its Facebook page in a desperate plea for police to move the protesters on.

This protester allegedly unleashed a barrage of abuse  on a female miner behind the wheel at the Adani coal site, calling her a sl*t

The footage shows protesters intimidating and firing a torrent of verbal abuse at female miners, blocking their path and driving aggressively and dangerously on the mining lease and public mine access road.

Another video shows a private charter helicopter landing close to an open-cut mining pit to drop off cartons of beer, wine, and other party supplies for protesters camping at the site.

One clip from November 23 shows a woman screaming at a female miner in a car calling her a 'f**king dumb sl*t' after a protester armed with a stick tried to block her way.

'You dumb sl*t' the woman screams before taking her anger out on the woman's colleague who tries to move her away.

'Don't f**king touch me.'

In another incident, a protester armed with a loudspeaker screamed into the face of a miner behind the wheel to stay away

In the another video, a busload of workers arriving from the airport were unable to access the mine due to an altercation with protesters.

A second bus of departing workers trying to leave the mine was also blocked.

Earlier this month, Bravus Mining and Resources and parent company Adani renewed calls for assistance to banish the 'professional' activists.

The company feared it would only a matter of time before someone is seriously injured or killed on site due to the protesters' actions.

'They use lock-on devices to halt trains and port activities and waste police time and come back to do it all over again as there are next to no penalties,' chief executive Lucas Dow said.

'Our people have told us they hold real concerns and worries about the near misses when their train could have run a protestor over or when they could have re-activated a conveyor belt and unknowingly killed an activist illegally locked-onto it.'

A helicopter landed outside the mine to drop off supplies to protesters

Protesters hugged after the helicopter arrived with supplies, including  a case of VB

He described the lack of government and police intervention as 'outrageous'.

'They've verbally abused and threatened our employees, often targeting women, they recently chased one of our female workers in a four-wheel-drive, and flew a helicopter onto the mine to deliver supplies including alcohol to their camp,' Mr Dow told the Courier Mail.

'We've made several complaints to the Queensland Police Service about the presence of the activists and their behaviour, however, after nearly four months, police refuse to move them on.'

Queensland Police confirmed it received several complaints and that investigations were ongoing. 

Bravus Mining and Resources claim the protesters caused altercations (one captured) at the mine and refuse to leave

Resources Minister Scott Stewart said Adani was advised several times it could apply for a Land Court order for the protesters to be removed.

But a frustrated Mr Dow put the onus back on the Queensland Government.

'The failure of the Queensland Government to propose an immediate and effective solution shows a lack of leadership by politicians who are more worried about protecting inner-city seats from the Greens than protecting hard working people in Queensland's coal communities,' he said.

The mine has been in operation since July 2019 and employs about 2,000 workers.

It has come under fire for its water usage, carbon emissions, and environmental impacts on the Great Barrier Reef.

Commercial-scale mining is planned to begin soon and will produce 10 million tonnes of coal each year.

Protesters drive aggressively and dangerously on the mining lease and public mine access road, blocking the path of miners' vehicles

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