<div>Labor shouldn't toughen its stance on Adani coalmine, CFMEU head warns</div>

Tony Maher says there is no point in winning the Melbourne seat of Batman while losing seats in central QueenslandThe mining union says there is no need for Labor to toughen its stance on the controversial Adani coalmine, warning there is no point in winning the Melbourne seat of Batman while losing seats in central Queensland.The CFMEU’s national president, Tony Maher, told Guardian Australia if federal Labor took the hardline stance against the Adani coal project it was currently telegraphing, promising to stop the mine if it won the next election, then “what do you do with the next [coalmine], and the next one, and the one after that?” Related: Adani Australian CEO's record 'wouldn't have altered mine approval' Related: Labor can unify the left by opposing Adani, but it can't forget its blue-collar base | Peter Lewis Continue reading...