Press release – 2 November, 2017November 3, 2017: Greenpeace Australia Pacific welcomes the Queensland Premier’s pledge to use her veto power to block $1 billion of taxpayers’ money being used to assist in the construction of Adani’s Carmichael coal mine.Annastacia Palaszczuk today said she would veto any federal loan by the Northern Australian Infrastructure Facility (NAIF) to help fund Adani’s Carmichael coal and rail line.
“This is a welcome move by Annastacia Palaszczuk and the Labor Party that will be appreciated by the people of Queensland,” Greenpeace Australia Pacific campaigner Jonathan Moylan said.
“Tim Nicholls and the LNP need to move quickly to divert this distortive loan from a project that no commercial bank will touch and risks the Great Artesian Basin, farmland and the Great Barrier Reef.
“A billion dollars has the potential to be much better spent in north Queensland, on projects that could create vast numbers of jobs in tourism, agriculture, renewable energy, education and health services.”
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