The Coal Truth/Adani, Following its Dirty Footsteps: A Personal Story/Adani and the War Over Coal

Coal: Adani Stories

Sat 8 Sep 2018

Lindsay Simpson

Queensland Terrace, State Library of Queensland

Culture/Social Equity / Environment / Politics

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#Performances

#About the event

Duration: 60 minutes

Deeply researched content from experts, investigating one of the most controversial government-business partnerships in contemporary Australian history. Stories of international significance, about an issue that has impact long into the future.

Chair: Ben Smee

Please note that David Ritter is no longer available for this event and unfortunately cannot attend.

#Artist

Lindsay Simpson

Dr Lindsay Simpson is the author and co-author of 11 books. Six of her books are in the true crime genre, the most recent Where is Daniel? about the disappearance of schoolboy Daniel Morcombe written with Bruce and Denise Morcombe. Brothers in Arms, co-authored with Sandra Harvey, was one of the first true crime books released in Australia and was made into a six-part mini series Bikie Wars released in 2012.

Lindsay was an investigative journalist with The Sydney Morning Herald for 12 years and an academic for 13 years. She now runs a sailing business in the Whitsundays and rejected a Bronze Tourism Award bestowed on the business because it was sponsored by Adani.

Her book Adani, Following Its Dirty Footsteps: A Personal Story (Spinifex Press) will be released in September 2018.

#Moderator

Ben Smee

Ben Smee is the Deputy Editor of the NT NEWS. He won a Walkley Award in 2014 for his coverage of Northern Territory politics during stints as the paper's Chief Political Reporter and Head of News. Ben is also the 2015 NT Journalist of the Year. He previously worked for the Newcastle Herald where he won awards for his investigations and news coverage, including being selected as a finalist for Walkley Young Australian Journalist of the Year in 2009. Crocs in the Cabinet is Ben's first book. He lives in Darwin.