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The Guardian: School Strike 4 Climate: Australian students skip classes en masse to call for action
School Strike 4 Climate: Australian students skip classes en masse to call for actionHundreds of school students marched their way to Tanya Plibersek’s office with thousands protesting in Melbourne
Rafqa Touma and Australian Associated Press
Fri 17 Nov 2023 03.20 EST
Nirvana Talukder didn’t go to school on Friday – but she says she was thinking about her future.
The 16-year-old was among hundreds of school students who marched their way to federal environment minister Tanya Plibersek’s office in Surry Hills, Sydney, calling for action on climate change. They joined thousands of students across Australia who took Friday off as part of the School Strike 4 Climate.
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“We want for people like environment minister Tanya Plibersek … to actually start listening to us, and to recognise that we might not be able to vote but we will be in a few years and, before that, we are still listening to what they have to say.”
Her family in Bangladesh is “continually having to rebuild” shelter, sanitation and education facilities because of the worsening climate, she said. And thinking about “how the future is going to be” causes her anxiety.
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Rafqa Touma and Australian Associated Press
Fri 17 Nov 2023 03.20 EST
Nirvana Talukder didn’t go to school on Friday – but she says she was thinking about her future.
The 16-year-old was among hundreds of school students who marched their way to federal environment minister Tanya Plibersek’s office in Surry Hills, Sydney, calling for action on climate change. They joined thousands of students across Australia who took Friday off as part of the School Strike 4 Climate.
…
“We want for people like environment minister Tanya Plibersek … to actually start listening to us, and to recognise that we might not be able to vote but we will be in a few years and, before that, we are still listening to what they have to say.”
Her family in Bangladesh is “continually having to rebuild” shelter, sanitation and education facilities because of the worsening climate, she said. And thinking about “how the future is going to be” causes her anxiety.
…