Adani's Carmichael mine approval labelled 'economic stupidity'

Demonstrators outside Queensland's Parliament House chant 'reef not coal' after Adani clears regulatory hurdle

The Queensland government's approval of leases for Adani's Carmichael mine, Australia's largest proposed coal project, was "economic stupidity and environmental insanity", a protest rally heard on Monday.

The Queensland Greens Senate candidate and former Australian Democrats leader Andrew Bartlett told the demonstration outside Queensland's parliament house the approval could jeopardise the Greens preferences that had helped bring the Palaszczuk government to power.