'World is on fire': Australian school children skip school to protest against climate change

 | Updated: May 21, 2021, 02:37 PM IST

While the Australian government claims the new projects are for the betterment of locals, Australian schoolchildren have taken to the streets to voice their opinion on climate change

School children in Australia skipped their classes on Friday to raise their voices against the alarming climate change

School children in Australia skipped their classes on Friday to raise their voices against the alarming climate change. The climate change strike was held nationwide in various events held in Perth, Brisbane and nearly 47 other venues.

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Morrison announced hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayers money will be used to construct a new gas-fired power station near Sydney.

The strike came as the Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, announced hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayers money will be used to construct a new gas-fired power station near Sydney.

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Morrison has defended his action by claiming it to be a way of generating employment and decrease electricity prices

Morrison has defended his action by claiming it to be a way of generating employment and decrease electricity prices. “It's going to bring with it some 600 new jobs during peak construction there and 1,200 indirect jobs across the state,” he said. “Importantly, it's going to keep the pressure down on electricity prices across New South Wales.”

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With placards reading messages such as ‘Coal is history’ and ‘Fund our future’, thousands of students and parents marched through the streets.

With placards reading messages such as ‘Coal is history’ and ‘Fund our future’, thousands of students and parents marched through the streets.

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The Swedish climate activist lent her support to the Australian schoolchildren

The Swedish climate activist lent her support to the Australian schoolchildren. “Huge climate strikes today across Australia," she tweeted. "Soon the rest of the world will join in..”

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