French reporter Hugo Clement and his film crew have been charged with trespass after filming an anti-adani protest at the entrance to Adani’s Abbot Point coal-loading facility in North Queensland.
Mr Clement and his crew will appear at the Bowen Magistrates Court in early September, with strict bail conditions banning him from being within 20 kilometres of Adani’s Carmichael mine or less than 100 metres from any other Adani site.
The Frontline Action on Coal said Mr Clement and his cameramen were arrested for being within the railway corridor, however the french reporter says it is difficult to understand why they arrested him as he was not dangerous.