Coalition MP Michelle Landry says controversial Adani project is necessary to stop women in India from being forced to cook with cow dung. 'This is about women and families that are cooking over open fires in huts' adani
The Coalition MP whose seat would house the controversial Adani coal mine said the project was necessary to stop women in India from being forced to cook with cow dung in poorly ventilated huts.
"It's going to hundreds of millions of Indians who do not have electricity ... this is about women and families that are cooking over open fires in huts," Michelle Landry said on ABC radio. "They are burning cow dung. There is little ventilation in those huts."Ms Landry's comments come ason a two week journey to Queensland to protest the mine.
"We're not very happy about Bob Brown bringing his people up here," Ms Landry told the ABC on Wednesday morning. "How many emissions are they going to be using driving from Hobart to Queensland?"The former Greens leader said the protest convoy of about 600 people would remind Australians their votes could affect the mine's future.
The mine would provide 1500 direct jobs including in the regional centres of Rockhampton and Townsville, Ms Landry said, and many more in support roles. "We've had really tough times over the last five or six years in the mining sector," Ms Landry said. "A lot of people have lost jobs, a lot of small towns have been on the verge of closing. Adani has been a shining light for us."as it attempts to win seats in both Queensland, including Capricornia, where its candidate Russell Robertson is a third generation coal miner, and Victoria, where there is greater concern about climate change.
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