Coffs Harbour Advocate
Sam Flanagan
21st Apr 2019 4:32 PM

They're the touring group who have dominated headlines for the past week and Coffs Harbour was the focal point of their movements over the Easter weekend.

The Stop Adani Convoy is a collection of Australians who are seriously concerned about the approval of the Adani Mine and what it will mean for our climate and for future generations.

Over 3,000 people packed into Mullumbimby Showground in northern NSW today to greet the Stop Adani Convoy. Organisers in the Bob Brown Foundation were stunned and delighted by the massive turnout.

Hundreds of people joined an anti-Adani rally in Sydney as part of a convoy - led by conservationist Bob Brown - protesting against the Queensland coalmine.

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/anti-adani-convoy-grabs-huge-support-in-sydney

Both Opposition Leader Bill Shorten and Bob Brown Foundation’s Stop Adani Convoy are converging on Brisbane today and will move on to regional Queensland. More than 400 people, including the mayors of Bellingen and Glen Innes, gave the convoy a rousing send-off from the Coffs Harbour Showground this morning. 

After a rally in Parramatta Park today, the Bob Brown Foundation’s Stop Adani Convoy of vehicles is heading north to Coffs Harbour and, tomorrow, Brisbane. The convoy aims for the election on 18 May to become a vote-changer on stopping billionaire Gautam Adani’s mine. 

Frontline Action on Coal

The Murdoch papers of Central Queensland can peddle their coal-loving propaganda, but here in Rockhampton, locals have turned out this morning to show their support for strong climate action and the Bob Brown Foundation Stop Adani Convoy.

https://www.facebook.com/FrontlineActionOnCoal/videos/445799579517154/

Former Greens leader Bob Brown and Current leader Richard Di Natale have joined protestors at the Stop Adani convoy rally in Wodonga.

https://www.facebook.com/WINNewsAlbury/videos/2384168221860529/

Former Greens leader Bob Brown has spearheaded an anti-Adani convoy, travelling north to protest the divisive proposed coal mine in Queensland. The convoy of more than 70 cars has left Hobart on its two-week campaign journey up Australia's east coast. Senator Matt Canavan criticised the 'do-gooders and bludgers' heading to Queensland and 'telling us all what to do'. The fleet is expected to reach Claremont on April 28. The proposed mine site is about 160 kilometres northwest of the town.

https://www.skynews.com.au/details/_6027573623001

The Stop Adani Convoy left Hobart on Wednesday morning, 17th of April, with Bob Brown (in what looks like a bit of an “up you” to the Coalition), leading the way in a borrowed Tesla electric car.

Organisers say that the aim of the convoy is to, “…keep fossil fuel extraction, greenhouse gas production and global warming front and centre in the run to the election.”

The Stop Adani Convoy has left sunny Hobart this morning after being sent off by a large, jubilant, crowd of supporters. Organisers had expected 60 but more than 600 turned out. The convoy now has 754 cars registered, all part of this citizens' action for climate change during a crucial election period.  

“We are a celebration in motion. It is a community commitment – an act of defiance – for the future of our planet. A peaceful protest against Gautam Adani’s mine, which his operatives say will be under way soon,” said Bob Brown.