Extinction Rebellion South Australia protested this week at the The Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) conference.
The South Australian minister for energy and mining, Tom Koutsantonis, said at the fossil fuel conference that his state government was “at your disposal”.
The same government has rushed through highly repressive laws attempting to prevent further protests.
The police commissioner Grant Stevens was invited to a radio show and had a friendly chat with the presenters entirely biased against the activists. He made a comment on radio that what he really wanted was to "cut the rope and let them drop."
https://omny.fm/shows/david-and-will/police-commissioner-grant-stevens-2/
So yeah, this is #StateCapture by the fossil fuel industry. They have legislation and police action designed to protect them, while activists looking to protect the medium and long term interests of human and other life on the planet are criminalised and bullied.
If the history of this time even gets to be written, it won't look kindly on those repressing climate protest.