Ben Pennings
Parent and small business owner currently being sued by Adani. Proud member of The Greens and the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance.
I’ve spent the last four years in the Supreme Court fighting international conglomerate Adani, owned by a centi-billionaire facing charges for fraud and corruption. They have hit me with a MASSIVE SLAPP LAWSUIT that could send me bankrupt, force my family to sell our suburban home. Please support this legal fight that threatens the political freedom of all Australians. Together we will win.
I grew up in proud working class suburbs of Adelaide and Sydney, now living with my family in Brisbane. I’ve been very privileged to spend the last 30+ years serving others through community work, grassroots activism, political campaigning and a family-owned Psychology practice.
Through hard work, strategic campaigning and the occasional News Limited hit job, I’ve become a renowned environmental advocate. But becoming a prominent grassroots environmental campaigner in Queensland has certainly brought pitfalls.
Adani Vs Pennings
I do not currently face death threats but Adani has been aggressively pursuing me in the Supreme Court since June 2020. They hired private investigators to follow my wife to work and children to school before failing twice in secret hearings to raid my family home.
The case Adani is pursuing against me is the biggest of its kind for decades. It literally threatens the political freedom of all Australians. Despite being ‘worth’ $100+ billion, Gautam Adani wants to take my family’s home as a threat to peaceful protesters.