What a day it was on Friday October 15 on the manicured lawns of Queens Gardens in Brisbane CBD.
Proceedings began with a warm ‘welcome to country’ to make us all feel at home.
Wasting no time and in front of a diverse range of people of all ages who were there to support SS4C several gifted young speakers got on with it, holding nothing back and stating clearly to those present: “We are striking from school to demand that our politicians take our future seriously and treat climate change as what it is: a crisis.”
Their demands were stated:
1. No new coal, oil and gas projects, including the Adani mine
2. 100% renewable energy generation and exports by 2030
3. Fund a just transition and job creation for all fossil-fuel workers and their communities
After formal speaking was completed the march was led by a handpicked group of younger kids who headed off up George Street across the Victoria Bridge and then along Grey Street to Glenelg Street to finish at Musgrave Park.
Steve Wells,
Beenleigh
