Australian kids walk out of school to protest climate inaction


  • World
  • Friday, 30 Nov 2018

Thousands of children hold placards and chant slogans after they walked out of school in protest against government inaction on climate change in Sydney, Australia, November 30, 2018. AAP/Dan Himbrechts/via REUTERS

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Thousands of children walked out of school across Australia on Friday in protest against government inaction on climate change, prompting a rebuke from a minister who said they were setting themselves up for "failure".

Children, parents and teachers gathered in Sydney's central business district in the lunch hour, chanting "ScoMo's got to go", referring to Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

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