Rising climate crisis awareness has been evidenced of late by
the increasing numbers turning up on the streets demanding change.
And it's been fairly obvious from the start, that fossil-fuel
addled politicians were going to respond with harsher penalties,
rather than heed any public calls.
For the most part, Queensland has been the epicentre of this
struggle. Extinction Rebellion activists have had a heavy presence
on the streets of Brisbane, while the so-called left-wing state
government has been drafting new laws, so Queensland police and
courts can crackdown harder.
A significant uptick in these repressions, took place on 3
December, when police arrested two young men – Jack and
Spoons – for climbing onto a coal train in Wynnum and
preventing its departure, while, just for good measure,
Emma Dorge, was also arrested, simply for being present.
