Tensions escalate between Bravus and Isaac community as grazier takes on multinational company

The peace and quiet of rural cattle stations north of Clermont, in central Queensland, has been shattered as seldom-used dirt roads have transformed into thoroughfares bustling with road trains.

One after the other, trucks cart water and equipment needed to build a major rail line and the Galilee Basin’s first-ever coal mine.

Adani’s Carmichael Mine was granted final approval in 2019.

Almost two years and a name change later, Bravus said it was planning to export coal later this year.

But relationships between the company and the local Isaac community have turned sour.

“They were really good when they wanted something, but now they’ve got it, they’re treating us with arrogance and total disrespect,” local David Luke said.

Mr Luke…