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Around 20,000 Protesters Marched In Sydney To Protest Climate Change

As the NSW bushfires rage on - by Isabelle Truman
  • 11 Dec 2019
Around 20,000 Protesters Marched In Sydney To Protest Climate Change

On Wednesday evening in Sydney, around 20,000 protesters marched from Town Hall to Hyde Park to demand stronger climate action as bushfires continue to rage across NSW, covering the state with smoke.

The event which was set up last week by Extinction Rebellion, Uni Students for Climate Justice, and Greens MP David Shoebridge, expected a turnout of 5,000, but on the night numbers were around four times that, estimated to be around or over 2,000, with attendees wearing P2 face masks (created to protect people from asbestos), to symbolise the ongoing climate emergency.

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Signs reading messages such as, 'I've seen smarter cabinets at Ikea', 'Do it for David' and 'I'm into being choked, just not by smoke' were held by adults, teenagers and children as protesters listened to a series of speakers before marching  down York Street, before turning onto Park Street and heading east towards Elizabeth Street and Hyde Park.

Below, the best signs from Sydney's climate change march on December 11th, 2019.

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UP IN SMOKE: Sydney is choking, Australia is in drought, and the world's temperatures are rising. Yet those in power continually refuse to acknowledge any of it. Today saw an inspiring turnout of people who have had enough, and their sign game was on point. May today's actions give tomorrow a breath of fresh air. #climatestrike #climatestrike #climatestrikesydney #climateemergency #sydney #climatecrisis #auspol
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Sydney 💚💚 #climatestrike
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The kids are more than alright #climatestrike #climateaction #sydney #climatemarch
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Climate justice protest against Smoko the koala killer. Religious nuts should not be running a country. #smoko #scomo #climatechange #sydneyclimatestrike
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Somebody once told me... 🎵🎶 #fridaysforthefuture #relevant #nswfires #sydneyclimatestrike #climateemergency #shrekisloveshrekislife
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"Stop trying to make coal happen! It's never going to happen. (Not like 'fetch'...) #climatestrikesydney #sydneyisburning
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Isabelle Truman is a freelance writer based out of London, UK. She specialises in fashion, lifestyle and travel and knows a thing or two (read: everything) about both Meghan Markle and 'Sex and the City'.

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