PLEASE SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR INDUSTRY AND FUTURE JOB PROSPECTS
We are asking for all Australian residents who are concerned for their future job prospects to please take the time to look and see what has been happening in regional Queensland for the past few years!
If you have not seen this document before, please take the time to read it.
Stopping the Australian Coal Export Boom - Funding proposal for the Australian anti-coal movement
Part of the movement is THE BATTLE OF GALILEE.
By building a high profile public campaign to disrupt and delay the Galilee Basin coal mines, the anti coal activists have significantly increased investor uncertainty while undermining political support for the projects.
The anti coal movement are operating under various names but the one thing that they all have in common is that they have made Adani their main target. This does not mean that they won’t try and stop other projects. They just use this most heard of name to get public attention through the media.
We constantly hear anti coal groups say “No taxpayer money for Adani!”
This in turn has resulted in less Government support for the projects. We saw this during the Qld election campaign when the premier agreed to veto the NAIF LOAN for the Northern Galilee Basin Rail (NGBR) project, yet, before that she was fully supportive of the loan for the Rail.
By building a high profile public campaign to disrupt and delay the Galilee Basin coal mines, the anti coal activists have significantly increased investor uncertainty while undermining political support for the projects.
The anti coal movement are operating under various names but the one thing that they all have in common is that they have made Adani their main target. This does not mean that they won’t try and stop other projects. They just use this most heard of name to get public attention through the media.
We constantly hear anti coal groups say “No taxpayer money for Adani!”
This in turn has resulted in less Government support for the projects. We saw this during the Qld election campaign when the premier agreed to veto the NAIF LOAN for the Northern Galilee Basin Rail (NGBR) project, yet, before that she was fully supportive of the loan for the Rail.
We
also saw the federal Opposition leader Mr Shorten of being accused of
being two-faced about the project, saying one thing to mining unions who
want the promised jobs. And another thing to Green groups and southern city dwellers who are trying to stop
the $16.5 billion mine.
A Queensland Federal Labor MP told the ABC that he was not comfortable with Mr Shorten's new position on Adani because it would be interpreted by regional voters as being "anti-coal".
Our coal port at Abbot
Point is located not far from the World Heritage listed Great Barrier
Reef, the anti coal activists have used this opportunity for alliance
building with scientists and the tourism and fishing industries, by spreading alarmism about the affects that the port will have on the Great Barrier Reef and the nearby Caley Valley Wetlands. All of which have been proven to be simply that - Alarmism with no facts!
They have also used the
reef as an emotional lever with the general public by making claims of
‘dredging on the reef’ and ‘dumping on the reef’. Which ofcourse is not
true!! The reef is nowhere near where any dredging will take place.
Ofcourse, the biggest threat they say is that burning the coal will cook the Reef. More alarmism, with no facts! The facts are, that the coal would be burned in India in Adani's new high tech power plants which are currently burning low grade coal. Our coal being of a higher grade would actually lower co2 emissions, hence, helping the climate and the Reef!
Coal is one of our biggest export earners. Without the royalties and employment from coal, where would Australia be right now? The anti coal activists want to transition to 100% Renewables to supposedly save the planet. Yet, to do some simple google searches, you can see that other countries around the world are still digging up coal and burning it in their new high tech power stations. Australia and some of our politicians have been caught up in this anti coal stance. No doubt the politicians see it as a way to gain Green votes at the next election. We see it , as letting us all down! We see it as killing our economy. We see it as killing industry and jobs!
If you would like to help us, please join our facebook groups. Links below:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/WeSupporttheGalileeBasinCoalProjects/
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If you would like more information regarding the Abbot Point and Galilee Basin Coal Projects please support our facts pages below:
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https://www.facebook.com/AbbotPointandGalileeBasinProjectsMythsandFacts/
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Below: excerpts taken from the "Stopping the Australian Coal Export Boom" document!! Does any of it ring a bell??
Whether you love coal or hate it, the fact is, it will be around for along time yet. Until, a better , cleaner , cheaper form of energy is found to compete with coal, we will continue to use it to give energy to countries who are crying out just to be able to flick a switch!!
It is also vital that we keep coal going in this country as it is one of our biggest export earners. Without it, Australia would be in dire straights!!
We don't have another export earner that could replace coal, not now or in the future. Just think about this - the anti coal activist organizations want to kill the coal industry and keep all coal in the ground so we would have to go to so-called renewable energy. We don't export wind or solar out of the country, so, how can that industry carry on from coal with export earnings?? There would be millions of export dollars lost and thousands and thousands of jobs lost.
Don't let the anti coal activist organizations win with their deceitful lies. They have no answers for the future.
