Adani protest: hundreds rally against proposed $1bn loan to mining company

Protesters at Treasury Place before an expected
meeting in the city between Malcolm Turnbull
and Gautam Adani, the head of the Indian
 mining company Adani.

More than 300 people rallied in Melbourne on Monday to protest against a proposed $1bn federal government loan to Adani for a rail line before an expected meeting in the city between Malcolm Turnbull and the head of the Indian mining company, Gautam Adani.

Adani and Turnbull were expected to meet on the sidelines of the Australian Indian Leadership Dialogue in Melbourne, which they are both scheduled to attend.

The minister for northern Australia, Matt Canavan, confirmed the federal government was considering lending $1bn toward the construction of a 310km rail line from the proposed Galilee Basin coalmine to the port.

Read the story in The Guardian - “Adani protest: hundreds rally against proposed $1bn loan to mining company.”