Adani asked Coalition to help secure funding from China, FoI shows

Exclusive: Despite official denials, emails reveal discussions about the Indian company's requests before ministers wrote to a Chinese agency vouching for the $16bn project

Adani asked the Australian government to help secure funding for its controversial Carmichael coalmine, documents obtained under Freedom of information reveal. Two government ministers subsequently wrote to a Chinese government agency vouching for the proposed coalmine.

One email sent to Chinese and Indian embassy staff had a subject line reading "update on project financing request", while another talked about how Adani needed support with financing talks in China.