The Taking of a reactor the Japanese embassy and Parliament.123.
Matthew X
profrv at nex.net.au
Sun May 9 03:13:29 PDT 1999
Trio climbs parliament flagpole
20aug02
THREE Greenpeace protesters have climbed the Parliament House flagpole to
protest against government policy on climate change.
The protesters had reached the halfway point of the flagpole using
industrial and rock-climbing climbing equipment, with four support crew at
the base of the pole, by 11am (AEST).
"It's quite a slow process because as you can imagine they are having to be
very careful and it's quite a difficult climb," Greenpeace spokesman Shane
Rattenbury said.
"So at this stage it might take them a bit longer to actually climb the
flagpole."
Security staff were nearby, talking to the support crew, but were unable to
stop them, with the climbers in an inaccessible position.
The protesters planned to unfurl a banner voicing concern about government
climate change policy.
"The reason Greenpeace is doing this today is to protest against the Howard
government's failure on climate change," Mr Rattenbury said.
"The rejection by the Howard Government of the Kyoto Protocol is a backward
step for Australia; it's ignoring Australia's responsibilities to act on
climate change.
"Opinion polling has shown that 80 per cent of Australians support
ratification of Kyoto."
The protest comes just days ahead of the United Nations-sponsored World
Summit on Sustainable Development in South Africa, where the Government
will face world pressure to ratify the protocol to combat climate change.
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