Unlike previous climate strikes attended mostly by students and teachers, Friday’s nationwide rally hauled in hundreds of thousands of protestors from all walks of life.
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| More than 50,000 people attended the #ClimateStrike in Sydney. |
This time, office workers, tradies, artists, grandparents, doctors and baby boomers joined in the mass demonstrations calling for urgent action on global warming.
Hundreds of photos and videos of strikers chanting and waving signs flooded social media as more than 70 of Australia’s capital, regional and rural cities held #ClimateStrike marches at different points of the day.
Melbourne drew the nation’s biggest crowd.
Organisers say about 150,000 people attended the rally in the Melbourne CBD alone.
Read the story from The New Daily by Samatha Dick - “Not just students: Australia’s young and old push for action at the #ClimateStrike.”
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