Adani’s Carmichael mine is unlikely to go ahead, and most people know it

There’s general agreement that Adani’s proposed Carmichael mine in the Galilee Basin will be a big issue in the current election campaign. If that were to be true anywhere, it would be in the seat of Herbert, based on Townsville, which hosts Adani’s regional headquarters.

 ‘Almost the only ones taking Adani’s claims at face value
 are members of the environmental movement. Protests
 against Adani are continuing and gaining strength’ 

Yet a recent Newspoll conducted in Herbert estimates the two-party preferred vote unchanged from the knife-edge result of 50-50 in 2016, which saw Labor’s Cathy O’Toole returned with a margin of 37 votes. What is happening here?

The answer is that, whatever happens on 18 May, the Carmichael mine is unlikely to go ahead, and most people know this.

Read the story from The Guardian by John Quiggin - “Adani’s Carmichael mine is unlikely to go ahead, and most people know it.”