Coal community sends clear message to candidates
"If they don’t back us, we can’t back them," was the message to politicians from the Go Galilee Basin rally this weekend.
A crowd of about 250 people joined the event in Mackay’s CBD.
Event organiser Resource Industry Network (RIN) released the names of those election candidates who answered 'yes' on the question of whether or not they support companies developing new thermal and metallurgical coal mines in Australia.
“If they (politicians) don’t back us, we can’t back them. It’s as simple as that,” RIN director Mick Crowe said.
“If we can’t build. . .
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