Ms Khan said students were "sick and tired of inaction" on climate change and were demanding action from politicians in Canberra. Protesters have gathered in major cities across Australia demanding justice over minority deaths in police custody in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. Climate kids go from protests involving hundreds of thousands to campaigning from their bedrooms, Australian scientist names tiny Antarctic creature after Greta Thunberg, EU is 'pretending' to tackle climate crisis, Thunberg says, India records a new coronavirus milestone.
Those in attendance were being encouraged by organisers to make sure they followed coronavirus measures, with plenty of hand sanitiser on offer. Protesters also gathered in Perth, Adelaide and Brisbane to mark what rally organisers called "Freedom Day". AEST = Australian Eastern Standard Time which is 10 hours ahead of GMT (Greenwich Mean Time), 'Barely out of nappies': Conservative academic takes aim at students' climate change strike, 'We can't afford not to': Why these kids will ditch school to fight for climate action, Intensifying climate change protests 'could rival Vietnam War activism', India records a new coronavirus milestone. In Sydney, NSW Police arrested a number of people in Hyde Park and Olympic Park at protests staged in support of the rallies in Melbourne. Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. The demonstrators marched towards Origin Energy's headquarters to protest plans to frack in the Northern Territory.
"Glenunga has been pretty supportive, they recognise that children have a right to protest when they see unfairness," she said. 5pm ‘til 6:30pm. In Perth, hundreds of people rallied at State Parliament as part of the coordinated demonstrations. Adelaide Emergency Protest: Fund firies, demand climate action!
"Our economy is going to crash because if we don't start opening up borders and letting people have freedom of choice to do what they want to do, how are we going to exist?". Around 200 people joined a peaceful protest in Adelaide against coronavirus restrictions, a possible vaccine and privacy breaches. A woman at the Shrine of Remembrance was seen refusing to put a face mask on when asked to by police, saying she was healthy and did not need to. This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced.
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