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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Ben Smee Queensland state correspondent

Adani names two dead Australian war veterans in documents alleging protest conspiracy against it

Bill Ryan, a war veteran and activist who died in 2019, has been named in court documents filed by Adani.
Bill Ryan, a war veteran and activist who died in 2019, has been named in court documents filed by Adani Photograph: supplied

Adani has named two dead Australian war veterans in court documents alleging they were part of a conspiracy against the coalmining company.

The fourth version of Adani Mining’s claim against environmental activist Ben Pennings – which has been afoot for more than four years – now names Kokoda veteran and climate activist Bill Ryan as an alleged co-conspirator. Ryan died in 2019, aged 97.

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