Green groups slam re-approval of Adani's mine project in Australia.

Green and Indigenous groups in Australia have criticised the government’s decision to grant new approval to Indian mining giant Adani’s 16.5 billion dollar controversial coal mine project in central Queensland, terming the move as a disaster for the climate.

Over two months after an Australian court revoked the environmental approval for the project, Environment Minister Greg Hunt yesterday gave Adani the re-approval with conditions imposed that take into account community issues.

The latest decision has been termed as a ‘travesty’ by the traditional owners of Queensland’s Galilee Basin, the Wangan and Jagalingou (W&J) people.

'It is indicative of the Federal Government’s dogged attempts to breathe life into a project that should be abandoned, Adrian Burragubba, a W&J leader and spokesperson for the Traditional Owners Council said.

“We will keep fighting for our rights and our culture until this project dies and becomes an ugly memory'.

The W&J statement said that they have twice rejected a ’Land Use Agreement’ with Adani for the Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee and have mounted their own separate Federal Court action to stop the mine proceeding.

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