"Today I want to tell all the grown-ups that our environment is important and we need to protect it," year 5 Richmond Public School student Andrea Villafaña, 10, told the crowd.
The Global Climate Strike on Friday attracted some of the biggest crowds since protests against the Iraq war.Organisers described Friday's turnout of 300,000 Australians as the biggest nationwide since 500,000 people protested against the Iraq war in 2003. Similar school strikes in March and November last year drew 40,000 and 15,000 people.
Sydney student organiser Daisy Jeffrey, 17, said the "most incredible day" proved Australia wanted climate action. "I could never have anticipated we would grow to the size we have today. At the first strike I said this was just the beginning," Ms Jeffrey said."None of us should have to live in fear of an uncertain future ... By each of us leading in our own way, and teaching others to do the same, we can build our way out of this mess.
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You will back down when u reach maturity 😒
Good story Natassia
Turn their power off, take their phones & cars of the ignorant fools for a start. rabidgreenlunaticleftcircus
Teachers should lose a days pay ... China is demanding. $ 100 billion dollars to Even get interested. in the worlds greatest scam .... that would build a lot of fighter jets. ..🥚🚠🛩
Why did these people not protest in front of the 🇺🇸 🇨🇳 and 🇮🇳 embassies?
tell them kids PM n his coal cabals r denying climate change to sell more coal
I always am amused at the greenies marching. Their is always one with the big plastic earrings “the throw away generation”
These ppl have no idea on what they are marching about or their own personal footprint.
Remember the anti Vietnam war marches of the early seventies. Like his conservative forbearers Morrison is destined to be remembered with contempt
What are you protesting about?
For the nth time, can we shift these people to china and India to protest.....that’s where the real climate change problems are right?
Count again, way more than 80,000
Baaaahaaaaaa...80,000 people...more like 10,000..and 4 Million didn't march..we win..
Our hope and our future 👏👏👏
deniseshrivell That's a lot of people.
Just imagine if people 16 years old had the vote. I guess there would never be another Liberal Government ever.
Ridiculous. It was a free day off school. Nothing more than that. climatestrike Auspol
I don't know if they order them I think your purposely exaggerating the story...i bet most kids in nsw wouldn't know who the premier of Victoria is or even when the last election was. Fake news
For context, this is less than 2% of the population of Sydney.
No facts, no solutions, no results. Sounds like the next Greens Senator
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