A small group of climate protesters stopped traffic by protesting in the middle of the Wollongong CBD's busiest intersection on Sunday afternoon.
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Greens councillor Cath Blakey was among the 30-odd protesters who gathered outside the Wollongong Town Hall to protest climate change and call for an end to new coal, oil and gas projects.
This included the Russel Vale mine expansion and the proposed Port Kembla gas terminal.
The protesters were told by a police officer not to walk up the mall to amphitheatre but they ignored that warning, walking up the mall, with two marked police cars trailing behind at walking pace.
Once reaching Keira and Crown streets, the protesters strolled out into the middle of the intersection and blocked traffic in all directions.
After a short while, a police officer had a quiet word with the protester leading chants via a megaphone and the group left the road and mingled on the footpath.
The protest itself was organised by members of the Wollongong University Students Association.
It came on the back of a just released Climate of the Nation report which stated 80 per cent of Australians already think the country was experiencing the effects of climate change.
"With the release of the Liberal government's budget a few weeks ago, it;s become really clear the Liberals are going to pay for the costs of the pandemic through a fossil fuel-led recovery," said incoming WUSA environment officer Claire Dunning.
"I think it's important that we need to keep protesting, continue to come out and fight back for our future."
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