Friday, February 24

Speedy response to Acland mine expansion


The rally marches towards the New Hope coal loading facility, led by Terry and Christine Hall, Goondiwindi, and Gwen Macmillian, Jondaryan, on horseback.

JOHN and George Speedy spent more than four decades droving mobs of cattle across Queensland stock routes, but rather than retiring quietly the brothers have traded cattle mobs for protest mobs.
Now aged in their 70s - and each recently having undergone open-heart bypass surgery - the men hung up their saddles and bought homes less than 100 metres apart on the outskirts of Oakey where they hoped to enjoy their retirement years.


Brothers John and George Speedy have traded cattle mobs for protest mobs.
Instead, the brothers have found themselves defending the rights of landholders and bush townspeople from the resource sector interests neighbouring their homes and businesses.
George said neither had ever joined a protest rally before, but with New Hope Coal's proposed 'stage three' expansion of its New Acland Mine threatening to reach less than 200m from their front gates and five kilometres from Oakey, the men feel compelled to show their disdain.
"We will have to move if this mine expansion goes ahead - we will not be able to live so close to an open-cut coal mine," he said.


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