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A new business paradigm — whereby miners reward companies who refuse to bend to protesters — is looming in Queensland after engineering firm Aurecon cut ties with coal miner Adani because of pressure from activists. It comes as Federal Resources Minister Matt Canavan today will tell a resources lunch in Brisbane that anti-coal protests are “illegal” and “immoral”and are the “tantrums from teenagers”. Returning from India, Senator Canavan, who last month labelled Aurecon’s decision to cut ties with Adani “weak as p...”will warn that activists will not stop coal being dug up.
“Indian people are not going to give up their hope for a better future because of a few pampered, privileged and petulant protesters in Australia,” he said. “All that these protesters can then hope for is that they will shut down Australian coal mines, forcing India to buy coal from other countries.“There is plenty of coal in Indonesia, Russia, South Africa and the United States, and they are rushing to sell their coal to a rising India.”
Queensland Resources Council boss Ian Macfarlane said members had told him they were now thinking twice about whom to partner with for multimilliondollar investments. Mr Macfarlane said mining companies did not want to
punish “fairweather friends”but they needed to be sure the firms they entered into contracts with did not turn to water
and leave them in the lurch when targeted by activists.“Engineering and procurement companies who are happy to take the resources industry’s money in the good times and then succumb to pressure being applied by illegal behaviour of
green activists will be viewed as less reliable,’’ Mr Macfarlane said.
“If businesses cave to pressure from anti-coal activists, it’s hard to see how resources companies can have confidence in them to work on any other type of project. “It’s only fair for resources companies to want to be sure that their commercial partners are in it for the long haul, and won’t cave in to the bullying of activists.“You either back the resources industry, or you don’t.
“Resources companies simply can’t be expected to partner with fairweather friends or businesses who let activists calls the shots.”
paradigm － /ˈparədʌɪm/a typical example or pattern of something; a pattern or model.
bend to /cave in / buckle － bend and give way under pressure or strain
protester / activist－ a person who publicly demonstrates opposition to something; a demonstrator.
loom － appear as a vague form, especially one that is large or threatening.
anti-coal －
immoral －
tantrum － an uncontrolled outburst of anger and frustration, typically in a young child.
label / flag－
pampered － indulge with every attention, comfort, and kindness; spoil.
privileged -
petulant - (of a person or their manner) childishly sulky or bad-tempered.
fairweather friends - A friend who supports others only when it is easy and convenient to do so
lurch - make an abrupt, unsteady, uncontrolled movement or series of movements; stagger.
succumb - /səˈkʌm/ fail to resist pressure, temptation, or some other negative force.
haul - a distance to be covered in a journey
back / support -
call the shot - to be the person in charge, to have control over the progress of a situation or a course of action. |
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