- In short: Police have arrested and fined 72 climate activists [$385 each] for staging a protest in the middle of a Melbourne CBD intersection.
- Demonstrators from the group Extinction Rebellion say they have tried less-invasive forms of protest to make governments listen to their concerns, but they have not been heard.
- What's next? The group is planning further disruptive action for March next year.
It was the fourth consecutive day of action by Extinction Rebellion demonstrators, culminating in a rally outside Flinders Street Station at the intersection of Flinders and Swanston streets.
The protesters are calling on the federal government to reduce carbon emissions. Many who attended the rally came prepared to be arrested, saying their actions were a last resort.
There's certainly a reason hardcore activists in the environmentalist and animal rights movements were targeted so heavily. I'm partial to the belief that it's something way too many people might empathize with or even worse, copy. It's also a pipeline into real leftism and anti-capitalism that can't be countered with muh 100 gorgiollion dead from cummunism