30,000 March in Melbourne Calling for Climate Change Action
by davey Saturday November 04, 2006 at 10:59 PM

According to organisers 30,000 people have marched today in Melbourne calling for action on Climate Change from Governments. 50,000 were reported to have marched in Sydney as part of an International Weekend of Action.

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Walk Against Warming is part of an International Weekend of protest calling on governments to act now on climate change. According to numbers from the organisers on the http://www.walkagainstwarming.org website 30,000 marched in Melbourne and a massive 50,000 in Sydney.

Watching the ABC news tonight - no numbers were given for Melbourne and the Sydney crowd was cited at being around 10-12,000 - 40,000 less than organisers estimates. The ABC also run reports of the rally AFTER a beat up story about the impending report on the nuclear industry citing that we should be having nuclear power within 15 years. In other words the mainstream press is seeking to bury a massive show of public support for real action on Climate Change now and support for renewables as it doesnt fit in with their pro-coal and nuclear agenda.

Congratulations to all that attended - it would be great if someone could post a first hand account and some photos fo the Melbourne rally.

www.walkagainstwarming.org

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