Australian School students have gone on strike in the name of climate action and to voice their anger at the federal government’s investment in the gas industry.
Strikes on Friday – the first ‘School Strike 4 Climate’ events in Australia since the start of the coronavirus pandemic – were held in all capital cities, with the Sydney and Melbourne actions drawing particularly large crowds.
The School Strike 4 Climate students have long called for a plan for net zero emissions and more renewable energy in Australia’s power system, but have now turned attention to the Morrison government’s recent budget.
Last week’s federal budget put more than $58 million towards expanding the gas industry, with the coalition this week also announcing $600 million of taxpayer money would go towards building the Kurri Kurri gas-fired power station in NSW.
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