PERTH

For latest reports from Perth: www.safeclimate.org.au/june13-reports

500 people attended the climate rally in Perth on June 13. Organisers were pleased with the turn-out and will continue organising future events including the forum this coming Thursday.

The West Australian reported that: "Several hundred people turned out to support a climate rally in Perth today as part of a national call to embrace renewable energy and scrap the Federal Government’s emissions trading scheme...

"Today’s colourful lunchtime rally in Forrest Chase included information stalls, music and banners, along with passionate speeches from WA Greens senator Rachel Siewert and Greens MP for Fremantle Adele Carles, along with The Wilderness Society WA’s Peter Robertson and the Anti-Nuclear Alliance of WA’s Kate Vallentine..."

The paper quoted Greens Senator Rachel Siewert as saying "The science is absolutely clear – if we are to have any hope of preventing runaway climate change and the chaos that will bring, we need to bring global emissions down rapidly and begin removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere."

And they quoted rally organiser Kamala Emanuel as saying: "We recognise that there’s an emergency on climate change and we really don’t believe that the government is taking this seriously" and that "We need to build a political movement that can bridge the gap…to get the people making decisions for the interests of the future so we can protect all people, all generations, all species and win back a safe climate."

(See the report in The West Australian online.)

See also:

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Climate Activists blockade Rudd's office (The Age)
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More photos and other reports of the rally will be posted in coming days.

If you have photos or video of the rally that you would like to share, please email the files or links to published media to info@safeclimate.org.au or phone Alex 0413 976 638.

Original rally details:

Date: Sat 13 June 09
Time: 12.30pm
Venue: Forrest Place, Perth

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National Climate Emergency Rally

100% RENEWABLE ENERGY BY 2020
NEW GREEN JOBS:
- A fair transition for workers and communities
SCRAP THE CPRS:
– Rudd's emissions trading scheme won't work
PROTECT AUSTRALIA’S FORESTS:
– Destroying forests releases carbon
NO URANIUM:
– Nuclear is no solution

12.30pm, Sat 13 June 09
Forrest Place, Perth

Ph Kamala 0417 319 662, Peter 0438 940 386, Lian 0412 132 044

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