Activists taking on"a moral burden to fix the problems of others"is creating a growing city-country divide,Nationals senator Matt Canavan says.
"The biggest person telling Queenslanders what to do here is Gautam Adani. He's pulling the strings from over in India on a stack of politicians and media."
The former Greens leader rejected claims his anti-Adani convoy backfired.
Southerners are the enemy in a region where voters of all stripes feel dependent on coal and refuse to give it up for anyone.
The woman was taken to hospital for treatment to cuts and bruises and the man was taken into custody after the incident in the rural queensland town of Clermont.
The Stop Adani convoy was met with shouts,jeers and pro-Adani signs as they drove through the small town of Clermont.
The modest town of Mackay didn't really do demonstrations - until Saturday,when hundreds turned out in support of coal.
Former Greens leader Bob Brown claims a restaurant booked to welcome 40 Stop Adani protestors on Saturday night abruptly cancelled the booking after receiving threats.
The convoy of about 400 mine opponents,led by Bob Brown,plans to arrive in the Queensland mining town of Clermont on Saturday.
Isaac Regional Council's mayor wrote in an editorial that the Stop Adani rally was not welcome in Queensland - a claim Mr Brown dismissed.
The local member for Capricornia,the seat holding the proposed coal mine,said Adani"is about women and families".