A 63-year-old environmental activist has defended her role in a blockade at a Bravus construction site, saying her actions were necessary in the face of an imminent climate breakdown . Carine Marie Visschers, from Cairns, appeared at Bowen Magistrates Court on Tuesday, pleading guilty to one charge of trespassing and one charge of contravening directions from police at Bravus Carmichael Rail Project construction site on April 9. The court heard a group of protesters attended at the Mount Coolon site about 6am, erecting anti-Adani signs and banners which blocked workers access to the site. At the time of her arrest about 9.30am, Ms Visschers was inside the construction site, sitting on a camping chair blocking the path of vehicles attempting to work on the coal exporting rail line.
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Here’s the list of the drink and drug drivers who appeared at Bowen Magistrates Court on Tuesday.
1. Thomas John Bradbury pleaded guilty to operating a commercial fishing dory with marijuana in his system on March 20.
The court heard water police conducting patrols on the Coral Sea intercepted Mr Bradbury at 8.15am and conducted a saliva drug test, which returned a positive result.
Bradbury told the court he had used marijuana because he suffered from back pain and had thought it “better to have a smoke than take all these pills”.
He said losing his boat licence would mean losing his job.
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Subscriber only A Bowen farm worker has been slapped with a hefty fine after he dodged a roadside breath test while driving unlicensed, then lied to police that his car had been stolen. Lionel Wayne Stretton accelerated heavily and crossed onto the wrong side of the road in an attempt to evade police after he overtly turned off Herbert Street into a side street to avoid a breath test site just before 8pm on March 17. Bowen Magistrates Court heard this week a police vehicle had its lights and sirens activated as it pursued Stretton s white Holden Commodore wagon along Queens Road, but Stretton failed to stop.
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A Bowen farm worker has been slapped with a hefty fine after he dodged a roadside breath test while driving unlicensed, then lied to police that his car had been stolen. Lionel Wayne Stretton accelerated heavily and crossed onto the wrong side of the road in an attempt to evade police after he overtly turned off Herbert Street into a side street to avoid a breath test site just before 8pm on March 17. Bowen Magistrates Court heard this week a police vehicle had its lights and sirens activated as it pursued Stretton s white Holden Commodore wagon along Queens Road, but Stretton failed to stop.