Greens call Federal Labor’s ridicule of student protesters ‘a new low’

EducationHQ News Team

By EducationHQ News Team
Published November 16, 2023

The Greens have claimed Labor is hopelessly out of touch with Australia’s young people, after the Federal Government yesterday, they said, mocked students preparing to walk out of classrooms for the national Climate Strike tomorrow (Friday, November 17).

Back in 2019, inspired by Greta Thunberg, thousands of school students took to Australia's streets to voice their fears for the planet's future.

Thousands of students are expected to walk out of schools and stage their first national climate strike targeting the Albanese ...

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