BRAVUS Mining and Resources has been given additional time to complete key aspects of the environmental measures put in place to protect native animals affected by its Carmichael project. The company, which recently changed its name from Adani Australia, has been granted an extension on two aspects of the environmental approvals. The decision has angered activists who have lobbied against the project. The company must secure offset areas which are designed to compensate for the unavoidable impact of the Carmichael project. It will now have an extra 12 months to legally secure the offset property for Stage 1 of the project. Initially, Bravus was offered two years to secure the offset area.
An 81-year-old protester was compared to Sir David Attenborough during a trespassing case when a character reference suggested the two shared a deep concern for the environment. Rupert Anley William Russell faced Bowen Magistrates Court after attaching himself to a staircase at the bulk coal loading facility at Abbot Point to protest the use of fossil fuels. Police prosecutor Sergeant Jay Merchant told the court Russell ventured onto the premises with Jeanette Elaine Kemp in November. Russell then attached himself to a staircase leading to a conveyor, so the machinery had to be stopped for safety reasons. Kemp filmed the protest and they refused to leave when asked.