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School climate strikes resume
Thousands of NSW students walked out of classrooms on Friday in Sydney as part of a mass call for climate action, defying a demand by the NSW Education Minister Sarah Mitchell to stay in school.
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School Strike 4 Climate outside Town Hall in Sydney.Credit:Edwina Pickles
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Students march for more action on climate change.Credit:Edwina Pickles
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Students march in central Sydney as part of a nationwide strike for climate action.Credit:Edwina Pickles
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Students close the streets in central Sydney in a mass protest against government inaction against climate change.Credit:Edwina Pickles
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School Strike 4 Climate.Credit:Edwina Pickles
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School Strike 4 Climate.Credit:Edwina Pickles
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Shelly and Maddie, year-11 students from Loreto Normanhurst, said they had attended a previous school strike pre-COVID in 2019 when 80,000 people attended.Credit:Edwina Pickles
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Natasha Abhayawickrama, a year-11 student from a Parramatta school and one of the strike organisers,Credit:Edwina Pickles