A 69-year-old grandfather joined a second protester in locking themselves to machinery at Bravus’ (Adani) Central Queensland Carmichael Mine site.
David Ross McRae, 69 and Samuel James Pottenger, 29, both used attachment devices, known as sleeping dragon devices, to lock themselves to a 670-tonne excavator in the pit, in order to stop work at the site.
Clermont Magistrates Court heard police were called to the property, about 200km north west of Clermont, at 6.30am on November 12, 2020.
When police arrived some three hours later, they were informed the site had been shut down with machinery unable to be used to avoid any injury at the site.