{"id":28705,"date":"2019-03-14T06:59:10","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T20:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=28705"},"modified":"2019-03-14T06:59:10","modified_gmt":"2019-03-13T20:29:10","slug":"school-strike-climate-nsw-mb0975","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/school-strike-climate-nsw-mb0975\/","title":{"rendered":"Daley Vs. Berejiklian On School Strike 4 Climate Protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_28706\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28706\" class=\"size-large wp-image-28706\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/school-strike-climate-1024x556.jpg\" alt=\"School strike for climate change action\" width=\"1024\" height=\"556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/school-strike-climate-1024x556.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/school-strike-climate-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/school-strike-climate-768x417.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/school-strike-climate.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-28706\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: School Strike 4 Climate Australia<\/p><\/div>\n<p>NSW Labor leader Michael Daley has voiced his support for Friday&#8217;s school student climate action strikers, while Premier Gladys Berejiklian says the kids should stay in class.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow will see thousands of Australian students ditching school to call on politicians to say no to all new fossil fuel projects &#8211; including Adani&#8217;s Carmichael coal mine in Queensland &#8211; and to commit to powering Australia with 100% renewable energy by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>In Australia, students from hundreds of schools in more than 55 cities and towns across the nation will be participating according to organisers; part of a broader global protest occurring in more than 90 countries.<\/p>\n<p>Last November, more than 15,000 Australian school students went on a similar strike, <a class=\"_2qJYG blog-link-hashtag-color y_1_u\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/school-strike-climate-mb0840\/\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>defying Prime Minister Scott Morrison<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In New South Wales, the myriad threats posed by climate change aren&#8217;t just concerning school students &#8211; many of their parents share similar concerns. 57.5 per cent of NSW voters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/politics\/nsw\/climate-change-top-of-voters-minds-in-nsw-election-20190311-p513bb.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recently polled<\/a> say their vote will be influenced by climate change and environmental protection issues.<\/p>\n<h2>Daley: Young Leadership<\/h2>\n<p>NSW Labor leader Michael Daley spoke at the National Press Club on the issue yesterday, saying it was a demonstration of young leadership.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;They do have a democratic right to assembly, they do have a right to protest,&#8221; Mr Daley said. &#8220;I support these young people and their action.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If you have 59 minutes to spare, you can catch <a href=\"https:\/\/iview.abc.net.au\/show\/national-press-club-address\">Mr. Daley&#8217;s full speech here<\/a> (it didn&#8217;t just cover the school climate strike issue).<\/p>\n<h2>Berejiklian &#8220;Appalled&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>The view of NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian was quite different. Perhaps throwing caution to the wind after the reaction to PM Morrison&#8217;s admonishment last year and the precarious election situation she faces, the Premier is quoted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/nsw-election-2019\/appalling-berejikilan-slams-labor-s-support-of-striking-students-20190313-p513yh.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sydney Morning Herald<\/a> as saying:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Children are there to go to school and I absolutely support their rights to have views about the world and I absolutely support them expressing themselves, but not during school.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schoolstrike4climate.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">School Strike 4 Climate Australia<\/a>, more than 800 academics have signed an open letter in solidarity with the student strikers, with additional signatures appearing each day. 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