Hundreds of thousands of school students across Australia walked out of class last Friday to attend the Global Climate Strikes.
Over 100 Australian cities and towns were joined by hundreds of wharfies who walked off the job in the first known instance of workers taking industrial action to attend the climate rallies.
Thousands of workers from other industries were also expected to take part, with over 2,000 businesses encouraging employees to use flexible hours and other initiatives to attend the protest.
Recognising that Australia's economy is heavily reliant on fossil fuels, the school strikers added a 'just transition' to their list of demands: they called for the government to help workers in fossil fuel-related industries transition to other jobs.