<p>Two protesters locked themselves to a barrel positioned on an Aurizon railway line leading to the Abbot Point coal terminal in Queensland on Thursday, January 25, in a bid to halt production at the site.</p><p>The group Frontline Action on Coal were calling on the Queensland government to veto a loan application submitted by Aurizon to the federal government that would allow them to build a rail line, opening up the Galilee Basin to mining. According to The Australian</a>, Labor ministers had not responded on whether they would support the loan, while Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk had opted out of the decision-making process due to a conflict of interest. Credit: Frontline Action on Coal via Storyful</p><br />
