Australian kids skip school in climate protest
30 Nov 2018; DW: Thousands of Australian children have walked out of school calling for government action on climate change. Australia is one of the biggest per capita carbon polluters in the world.
Thousands of children across Australia skipped lessons on Friday to take part in mass protests to demand that the government take action on climate change.
The protests took place in defiance of pro-coal Prime Minister Scott Morrison, who earlier said children should remain in school and learn rather than demonstrate.
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