Australia's "biggest ever climate mobilisation" saw 150,000 people rally across the country on March 15 demanding urgent climate action.
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The majority were students, including hundreds from the Illawarra who gathered at Wollongong's Civic Plaza to demand action on climate change as part of the global Strike 4 Climate Action movement.
Many of these school strikers will again take time off school, uni and work on Friday to protest in front of the Wollongong office of Federal Member for Cunningham, Sharon Bird.
Some 60 #ClimateElection National Day of Action protests will be held at Federal MP offices around Australia, with 500 events to be staged globally on May 3.
Wollongong organisers and Smith's Hill High School students Laura Charlton and Luca Corby said with the federal election only weeks away, now was the time to pressure politicians of all persuasions to deal with the "climate crisis".
"We are in the thick of the climate crisis. Extreme heat, crippling drought and severe storms are hurting us right now," Charlton and Corby said.
"On March 15, we organised the largest climate mobilisation in Australia's history.
"The vast majority of Australians expect urgent climate action from our politicians. Yet, either of the major parties have a plan to stop the climate crisis, so we're stepping things up.
"We are taking action at Sharon Bird's office today to demand she shows the climate leadership our generation deserves:
"We want politicians to #StopAdani, commit to no new fossil fuels and work towards 100 per cent renewables by 2030."
At the March 15 rally in Wollongong, student speaker Laura Smith also called on the government to act on climate change or risk the wrath of the people at coming elections.
"I say to our government we will no longer sit here silent and passive while they destroy our future. It is not theirs, it's ours. We are the future and we have the power to change the power."
Corby added it was important for young people to speak up. "We can ask our local MP's to listen to our concerns and act on them. We may be young but soon we will be able to vote," he said.