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Fossil Fool Bulletin 4:01 • 24 November Fool 2020 SPONSORED BYPage 1 •Fossil Fossil Fool Bulletin 4:01 • 24 November Fool 2020 KNITTING NANNAS AGAINST GAS Bulletin Fossil fools in the spotlight this week: A resource for people working to end the fossil fuel era in Australia Fossilfool.com.au FFB 4:01 • 24 NOVEMBER 2020 Activist has onerous bail conditions overturned in Qld Supreme Court Environmental activist Ben Winch Ben Winch was arrested for this action. has successfully had numerous bail Photo: North Queensland Climate Action Network conditions removed, allowing him to return to Camp Binbee, an envi- ronmental campaigning hub near Bowen, Queensland. Winch recently requested to have his bail conditions amended in the Bowen Magistrates Court, which was denied. It was then taken to the Supreme Court and won. In October 2020, Winch took part in direct action by attaching himself with a chain to a cattle grid near Adani’s Carmichael coal mine, where he has since been on bail after being arrested. (Adani has since re-branded itself as Bravus.) These onerous conditions restricted Winch from being able to visit one private property in particular, known as Camp Binbee, a well-known envi- ronmental campaigning hub. Another condition disallowed him from going within 100 metres of any QR Railway or rail infrastructure. Both of these conditions were completely removed. Yet another condition was amended which originally restricted Winch from going within 20km of the Adani Carmi- basis to preclude him from going to the given to activists in this region for chael Mine Complex and is now only a property. years are completely unfair, and I 1km radius whilst he is on bail. thought it was time to change them.” The removal of the QR Railway con- Civil liberties infringed by conditions dition was based on it infringing on Winch’s win comes after dozens of Winch’s liberty to catch public trans- activists have incurred the same con- The removal of the Camp Binbee ditions that have now been considered condition was based on it being a an infringement of civil liberties in In response to this win, Winch states, direct infringement on Winch’s civil port, specifically, trains. Ben’s case. liberties, and there being no real legal “These bail conditions that have been F • P2: Adani’s rehab • P3-4: Reports on P5: Renewed call bond inadequate futility of COVID gas for fossil fuel levy Page 2 • Fossil Fool Bulletin 4:01 • 24 November 2020 ACF: Drop nuke dump Adani’s rehab bond The Australian Conservation Foundation says the federal government should drop its plans for a national radioactive waste “grossly inadequate” facility in regional South Australia after One Nation joined Labor, the New documents obtained by Lock the spokesperson Rick Humphries. Greens and others on the Senate Gate Alliance under Right To Infor- “There is simply no way that amount crossbench in rejecting the gov- mation Laws and via the Public Reg- covers the cost of rehabilitating this ernment’s proposal for a site near ister reveal Adani has paid a grossly level of disturbance as well as all the Kimba. inadequate rehabilitation bond to mine infrastructure. the Queensland Government, worth about 0.5% of its estimated revenue “Just 0.5% of Adani’s expected revenue support the federal government’s after five years of operation. Onebill to Nation remove confirmed the right it of will affected not coal mine that Adani would like to be communities to legally contest the The documents also once again show willthe largestbe held in as Australia’s financial surety history. for a decision to make Kimba the site for the company wants to scale up the a radioactive waste facility and is Carmichael mine to at least 55 mil- “This is a miniscule amount, given instead seeking ‘to make the right lion tonnes of coal per annum, plans Adani plans to leave behind massive decision for future generations’. recently backed up by comments from unrehabilitated mine pits after mining, Adani staff when they thought no one which will drain Central Queensland With Labor, the Greens, other was listening. groundwater aquifers. crossbenchers and now One Nation opposed, the government appears Lock the Gate Alliance has obtained “Queenslanders should not be left to to lack the numbers in the Senate to Adani’s most recent Later Develop- live with the huge mess Adani plans to advance the plan. ment Plan (LDP) via RTI application, leave behind, and certainly shouldn’t which shows the company expects pay for it. “The federal plan is politically to rake in just short of $5B from its “These documents also show that increasingly uncertain,” said the operation. while Adani was publicly spruiking a divisive,Australian technically Conservation deficient Founda and- downsizing of the Carmichael mine to Carmichael coal mine by year five of tion’s nuclear campaigner Dave Separately, documents obtained 10Mtpa in 2018, it had just sought and Sweeney. through the Queensland Public Reg- got approval for a Later Development ister show the state’s Department of Plan sticking to the original mega mine “It has failed the test in the broader Environment and Science requested of at least 55mtpa. community and now also in Can- Adani pay an Estimated Rehabilitation berra. Cost (ERC) of just $26.4M. That ERC Adani shouldn’t be trusted over water “The government’s proposal is “This is a stark reminder that Adani based on excluding people from July 2020 and 14 July 2025. consultation and review processes. covers the five year period from 14 can’t be trusted – the company hasn’t That means the rehabilitation bond been straight with the people of It is based on the heavy handed to be held during this period is just Queensland about the size of this mine overriding of legal principles and 0.5% of the mine’s predicted revenue. and it shouldn’t be trusted with our the unnecessary double handling of water resources. long-lived intermediate level waste. the $1.2B to $1.5B bond previously “We’re calling on the Queensland “Access to a day in court is a funda- Thisestimated amount that is wouldsignificantly be required less than to mental democratic right that should protect Queenslanders from having Government to provide full trans- parency about Adani’s rehabilitation not be jettisoned – especially on an to foot the rehabilitation bill for the - Carmichael Mine. requirements – including whether the company has been required to pay an ing impacts as radioactive waste. issue with such significant and last That detailed analysis was undertaken upfront cash bond, or whether it has “Many state and national civil soci- using publicly available documents got away with a lesser form of security. ety groups, Aboriginal and profes- regarding the planned rehabilitation “There’s been too much secrecy sional groups, the South Australian and closure strategy proposed by Upper House, SA Labor and Unions Adani Mining and applying the 2017 SA opposed the government’s version of the Queensland Govern- for mine rehabilitation in Queensland. around the financial risk assessments approach. “We’re calling for the Queensland calculator plus a contingency. Government to provide full disclosure “The government should now stop ment’s standard financial assurance on the risk rating for Adani, because playing politics and start paying Cost of rehab underestimated there’s too much at stake to have it attention. “The $26.4M clearly underestimates hidden away from Queenslanders.” “This waste lasts longer that any the cost of rehabilitation. According F politician and needs to be responsi- to the LDP Adani would have cleared bly managed. the equivalent of 4,985 hectares and “We need a new approach that is moved 372.45 million tonnes of over based on evidence, inclusion and respect.” Lock the Gate Alliance rehabilitation F burden by year five of operation,” said Page 3 • Fossil Fool Bulletin 4:01 • 24 November 2020 Reports snuff out flame of PM’s gas-fired recovery Grattan: Flame out Far from fuelling the recovery from the COVID recession, natural gas will inevitably decline as an energy source for industry and homes in Australia, according to a new Grat- tan Institute report. Flame out: the future of natural gas shows that a combination of econom- ics and environmental imperatives imperil the industry. Australia must reduce emissions over coming decades to meet our interna- tional climate change commitments. Gas is a fossil fuel, so the gas sector is no exception. will pay the price via big subsidies. renewable energy such as wind and The east coast has already burned solar. most of its low-cost gas and will not go - back to the good old days of low prices, Gas will play an important backstop so gas will become an increasingly Evento manufacturing if the Government are overstated. could signifi The role in power generation when the sun expensive energy source. cantly reduce gas prices, the benefits isn’t shining and the wind isn’t blow- contribute only about 0.1% of gross ing, but this does not require large Over time, gas will decline, economi- companiesdomestic product, that would and benefitemploy most only a volumes of gas. cally and environmentally. Rather than little more than 10,000 people. And In the home, too, Australia must either indulging in wishful thinking or living much of this gas-intensive industry is replace natural gas with low-emissions in denial, the Federal Government and in Western Australia, which has low substitutes such as biomethane or the gas industry – and its customers – gas prices already. should start planning now for a future hydrogen, or switch to electricity, for without natural gas, or at least with a The Government’s best role is to sup- heating and cooking.
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