On Sunday, as many of us were unwinding at the beach, a small but dedicated group of people gathered on the Byron Bay foreshore to protest against the imminent destruction of the Great Barrier Reef, which is in the path of massive tankers hauling our fossil fuels to markets around the world. Organisers of the Save the Reef rallies around Australia hope to focus the attention of Queensland voters ahead of next week’s state elections.
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Does anyone know what they were doing there?
They were attracting attention to themselves.
Making a scene to be seen to be doing “something”
when they don’t know what to do to save the Great Barrier Reef.
To save the Reef is the same question as in saving
Australia’s indigenous people, the Aborigine. And no one wants to save them.
Sorry people The Great Barrier Reef can’t be saved as no political party wants to save it.
Save the Great Barrier Reef. No one is that serious when money is to be made.