The protesters,who vowed to stage more rallies,were joined by Lismore residents,including 13-year-old Ella O’Dwyer-Oshlack whose house and school were destroyed in the recent floods which devastated the town.
“There’s clear evidence that fossil fuels are bad,so I don’t understand why they keep doing this,” she said. “If they saw Lismore I reckon they’d definitely get some sense in their brain.
“I’m afraid for the future,and I’m afraid that things like this could happen again – that my future,and my kids’ future will not look very good at all.”
Protest organiser Natasha Abhayawickrama said young people were seeing the impacts of climate change first hand and were scared.
“Scott Morrison needs to know that he cannot continue to get away with subsidising and funding the fossil fuel industry,” she said.
“We will not stop fighting,and we will not stop pressuring the government until we’ve seen climate justice.”