I’m the 13-year-old police threatened to arrest at the Kirribilli House protest. This is why I did it

As Australia burned from tragic bushfires, on Thursday I joined hundreds of others to demand action from our prime minister outside his Kirribilli residence.

 Izzy Raj-Seppings being threatened with
arrest by NSW police at the Kirribilli House
 protest against Australian prime minister Scott
Morrison’s inaction over climate change.

It was a whirlwind of emotions and action. The drastic change from motivational speeches, to a peaceful sea of tents awaiting the PM’s climate action, to a squad of riot police moving through the crowd arresting people, was unsettling.

Many people have asked me what motivated me to drag my dad on a one-hour bus trip to Kirribilli House on one of the hottest days of summer. My answer? Our politicians’ denial, and the inaction of our government and our prime minister. Their denial has gone on for far too long. I’m tired, tired of the lies and misdirection. I’m tired of watching my future, my friends’ and family’s futures, all of our futures, burn before our very eyes.

How dare Scott Morrison race off to Hawaii during Australia’s time of crisis? What we need is a prime minister who acknowledges that this isn’t another normal fire season, that the cause of this is climate change! Lives and homes have been taken while Morrison lies on a tropical beach with his head in the sand.

Read the story from The Guardian by Izzy Raj-Seppings - “I’m the 13-year-old police threatened to arrest at the Kirribilli House protest. This is why I did it.”