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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Christopher Knaus

Two journalists received legal threats from Bravus after travelling to Carmichael coal site, parliament told

A land clearing explosion at the Carmichael coalmine raises a towering dust column over 100 metres high.
A land clearing explosion at the Carmichael coalmine raises a towering dust column over 100 metres high. Documents claiming two journalists faced a legal threat from Bravus, formerly Adani, have been tabled in the Senate. Photograph: Matthew Abbott/Sourced from Parliament of Australia

Two journalists who travelled to meet Indigenous elders at the Carmichael mine site were surveilled, threatened with a police complaint and warned they would face legal action if they published any material obtained during their visit, documents tabled in parliament allege.

The award-winning photojournalist Matthew Abbott says he and a reporter from the Swiss-based NGO Public Eye last year travelled to meet with Wangan and Jagalingou cultural custodians to discuss their ceremonial reoccupation of the Carmichael mine site.

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