Shabtay told ABC’s Radio National that the city’s CBD will continue to be the target as the epicenter of the country’s economy because it enables climate change.
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“Climate change is driven by the economy operating in the CBD and is fueled by a government that refuses to act,” Shabtay said Tuesday morning.
He said the group was not optimistic about the election of the new government because Labor’s climate policies are insufficient, instead stating that a “seismic” change was needed to save the planet.
“The promises of work do not achieve the two degrees of global warming that will bring us to the edge of the cliff. Since Labor was elected, a new Scarborough gas project has been approved in Western Australia. It will be the biggest polluter in Australia’s history, much bigger than Adani, ”Shabtay said.
The commander of the Strike Force Guard, Acting Deputy Commissioner Paul Dunstan, said police would continue to maintain a very visible presence in response to the planned protest activity this week.
The commanding officers of the central region of the metropolitan police, together with the specialized police of the public order and riot squad, the mounted police, the rescue squad, the dog squad, the traffic patrol and roads and traffic police are patrolling the streets.
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“It is unacceptable that a small number of people, who have little or no respect for the everyday people who make their lives, are causing unnecessary interruptions in their morning commute,” said interim deputy commissioner Dunstan.
“What these people are doing is illegal and unsafe, endangering their lives, the general public and our agents running down the road and blocking roads by other means to disrupt traffic.”
NSW Prime Minister Dominic Perrottet told 2GB that protesters would face the “full force” of the law.
“It can’t last much longer, these people are dumb, divisive, disrespectful and they are bloody idiots who will face the full force of the law,” he said. “They are not isolated incidents, it is a coordinated campaign.”
The NSW Parliament introduced new laws and sanctions in April to discourage protesters from disrupting traffic to bridges and tunnels.
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