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Brisbane Mural Uses Farnham Lyrics to Test Queensland Hate Speech Laws

Queensland police have told a group of First Nations people occupying the site of Adani’s Carmichael coalmine for the past five weeks that they have no intention of removing them from the area “at this time”.

The group of Wangan and Jagalingou traditional owners opposed to the coalmine project began an ongoing cultural ceremony within the boundary of Adani’s mining lease in late August.

Adani says the group are “anti-fossil fuel activists” who are “trespassing under the guise of traditional activity”.

Police say in a statement their investigations and negotiations are “ongoing”. But officers at the mine site have told the group of traditional owners that they recognise their cultural rights to conduct ceremony, under provisions of the 2019 Queensland Human Rights Act.

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