Traditional land owners have called for Adani to hire more Indigenous workers for its project in central QLD.
Indigenous people currently make up 7 percent of the mining company’s workforce however Jangga elder Colin McLennan wants that percentage to be higher.
Mr McLennan believes the company can be persuaded to employ more Indigenous people after taking direct control over the project last year.
Currently, training programs for work on Adani’s railway line between Abbott Point and the Galilee Basin coal mine are being undertaken by hundreds of people looking for work.