A teenager whose family home was destroyed in bushfires has delivered an impassioned plea to the Prime Minister to take action on climate change, saying "thoughts and prayers are not enough".
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| Shiann Broderick lost her family home in the Nymboida bushfire. |
Shiann Broderick, 18, who lost her home in Nymboida in northern NSW, gathered along with about 500 protesters outside Liberal Party headquarters in the inner-city Sydney suburb of Woolloomooloo.
"Mr Morrison, as Prime Minister your thoughts and prayers are not enough," Ms Broderick said.
"I want climate action. This is a crisis. Act like it."
A series of strikes in cities across the country took place today as part of the School Strike for Climate Australia in response to recent devastating bushfires.
Read the ABC News story - “Student climate change protesters take to the streets across the country.”
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