Coalition backbencher breaks ranks with colleagues over $1bn Adani rail loan

Bert Van Manen opposes federal loan to Indian miner for Carmichael coalmine, saying government or rail company should build the link insteadA Coalition backbencher has broken ranks with senior colleagues by declaring Adani should not receive a $1bn federal loan to build a railway for its Carmichael coalmine.Bert Van Manen, MP for the south-east Queensland seat of Forde, said he supported opening up the Galilee coalfields but the government or a rail company should build and run the rail link to