Climate activists from Drum Rebellion and Extinction Rebellion protested outside the Environment and Water Minister Tanya Plibersek鈥檚 office in Redfern on June 3, calling on the new Labor government to stop mirroring the former Coalition and declare a climate emergency.
Displaying a banner which said 鈥淓nd Fossil Fuels Now鈥, Drum Rebellion activists beat their drums to highlight the urgent need to act聽on climate change and environmental聽protection.
They delivered a letter which called聽on the new Labor government to: reconsider its support for fossil fuel projects in the Beetaloo Basin in the Northern Territory, Santos鈥 coal seam gas project in the Narrabri in New South Wales, Woodside Energy鈥檚 $16.5 billion Scarborough gas project in the Burrup Hub, Western Australia聽and more coal mines in the Galilee Basin in Queensland.
They also want the government to Tarkine Forest in Tasmania from ongoing mining and logging and to nominate it for a World Heritage listing, end logging in all native forests, strengthen the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Act, stop destroying kangaroos, conserve all koala habitat, increase national and marine parks and stop broad-scale land clearing.