Indigenous group split on consent for Adani coalmine goes to court

Anti-Adani faction among Wangan and Jagalingou people argue supporters of huge Carmichael mine should not be recognised as representatives

Traditional owners who took discreet payments of $4,000 each to meet Adani and revive a land use deal for the Carmichael mine should be axed as representatives of their group, it will be argued in the federal court.

The case stems from a split within the Indigenous group whose consent is crucial for the planned $16bn mine in Queensland's Galilee basin to go ahead.