About 100 anti-Adani protesters have called on federal Tourism Minister Steve Ciobo to rule out using taxpayer funds for the Indian company's controversial north Queensland coal mine.
The protesters rallied outside Mr Ciobo's Gold Coast electorate office on Thursday morning, calling on him to deny Adani access to Australia's export credit agency to fund its Carmichael mine.
The group has accused Mr Ciobo of exploring the possibility of using the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (EFIC) to help the Indian mining giant.
"Mr Ciobo must rule out propping up Adani's mega coal mine with public money through EFIC," Stop Adani Gold Coast spokeswoman Luna Derkley said.
"As Tourism Minister, Mr Ciobo should stand up for the interests of tourism operators and stop this coal mine going ahead."
A spokesman for Mr Ciobo said the accusation he was attempting to direct EFIC to fund Adani was "complete rubbish".
"The Minister can not 'order' EFIC to fund loans to resources companies on its commercial account," the spokesman told AAP.
"He can not order them to fund anything on the commercial account - it's completely at arms length. And there are no proposals for Adani to receive funding on EFIC's National Interest Account."
Australian Associated Press
