“The lady doth protest too much, methinks,” William Shakespeare spoken by Queen Gertrude in Hamlet
How can my local MP, Renee Coffey, hold shares in BHP and Santos and still be an advocate for climate and the environment, duh? Given her own investments in BHP and Santos, the lady ought to know capitalism comes first and the climate last.
The Australian government has approved an extension to 2070 of one of the world’s biggest gas export projects, saying it has agreed on conditions to protect more than 1 million pieces of ancient world heritage-listed Indigenous rock art that sit nearby. The government has given Woodside’s North West Shelf final approval to extend operations through until 2070.
There is disbelief and outrage in sections of the community. Today, people protested this decision outside MP offices to discontent that and demand action. In response, Coffey made the following unsubstantiated claims:
I will always stand up for your right to protest peacefully on the issues that matter to you,” she said. “What I will not tolerate is the treatment of my team that I have seen today. “My team members have been harassed. They have been followed, and they have been aggressively confronted by protesters.”
Pictures of the Move Beyond Coal protest show the people were peaceful. Organisers from Move Beyond Coal denied the allegations by Coffey and insisted on a retraction.
It is standard procedure for police to advise MPs to close their offices when there are protesters outside. The treasurer, Jim Chalmers, always closes his office when Palestinian protests occur at Logan Central. Those protests are always peaceful.
In Magan-djin, the member for Griffith, Renee Coffey, was one of those politicians who was elected because she claimed to be a climate advocate – and a member of LEAN.
According to Crikey, Renee Coffey owns shares in Future Generation Australia Ltd (ASX: FGX) that holds shares in BHP Group Ltd and Santos Ltd (as of its last reported portfolio disclosure).
Here’re the details:
Company Portfolio Weight in FGX Index Weight Active Over/Underweight
BHP Group Ltd ~ 5.0% ~ 8.3% in the S&P/ASX All Ordinaries Index Underweighted by around 3.3%
Santos Ltd ~ 1.5% ~ 0.8% in the index Overweighted by about 0.7%
Most recent reported weights (as of ~30 September 2024, reported in FGX’s Annual Report to 31 December 2024)
Ian Curr
17 September 2025