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Adani coalmine featured in signs outside Parliament House , Brisbane.
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The massive demonstration by schoolchildren across the nation expressing their deep concern about climate change, the future and government inaction should have shaken the inept, self serving National Liberals to the core . Instead, it drew a typical smartarse comment from Senator Canavan about the pupils only learning to line up for the dole ; as you would expect , going on the modus operandi of the PM , he was also dismissive of the School Strike for the Planet .
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Another message from Victoria for PM and Coalition.
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It came on a day when large parts of Queensland were afire in a heatwave, there were warnings of another imminent Barrier Reef coral bleaching episode, bats and birds were dropping down dead out of trees, Adani announced its intention for a n almost pre Xmas start to a scaled down coal mine which leads to the firm suspicion that it was timed to influence the outcome of the federal election in the vulnerable Sunshine State seats .
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Demonstration in Darwin outside parliament ; longtime residents say the so called front door to Australia is hotter than ever due to climate change .
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The incredible insensitivity of Adani making its announcement on a day when Queensland was reeling under the heatwave and life threatening fires attracted condemnation . However, the cargo cult mentality of much of the Queensland media gave the illusion that streets in central and northern parts of the state, due to Adani , would soon be lined with jobs and gold rather than burning embers . It seemed valid questions about dubious aspects of the Adani proposal were raised on The Drum , ABC television , but failed to get a mention elsewhere .
The "striking " schoolkids displayed and carried a wide range of signs and placards : THERE IS NO PLANET B ; THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE ; STOP BURNING OUR FUTURE . Some wore anti- Adani earrings . The inner circle of the Coalition also came under attack in Sydney :
The slow learning Coalition government should realise that while it may mock the "strike" , claim it was organised by lefty teachers, those kids have parents who , polls show, are deeply concerned about climate change, a definite factor in the Victorian election , Wentworth byelection .
