As climate protests sweep the globe,another breed of activist is taking a different approach:agitating for change at the nation's biggest companies.
With major construction work already causing delays,Premier says the climate rebels'planned CBD blockades will only annoy city workers.
An activist group is fighting a non-violent"rebellion"around the world to urge leaders to act on climate change. Who started"XR"and what do they believe?
Police were negotiating with a climate protester dangling from the Story Bridge on Tuesday morning.
The 16-year-old Swede told a huge Montreal rally,estimated at half a million,that world leaders had disappointed young people with empty words and inadequate plans.
The Brisbane man said he was inspired by Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg's address to the United Nations earlier this week.
It is a mistake to think that we can shield our offspring from the worries of the world. But real anxiety needs to recognised,discussed and confronted.
Young people from more than 150 countries have skipped school as part of another series of global climate protests urging world leaders to act more aggressively to combat climate change.
More than 30,000 people were estimated to join the Global Strike 4 Climate Action in Brisbane on Friday afternoon.
Almost 300,000 people marched in cities across Australia for the coordinated rallies,but Melbourne hosted the largest turnout.
Organisers described Friday's turnout of 300,000 Australians,who were mostly school students,as the biggest nationwide since 500,000 people protested against the Iraq war in 2003.