INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
education officials said schools will not accept the note.Penned by Dr David Karoly, Dr Nick Abel and Dr Lesley Hughes, the letter was
medical certificate, and education departments in New South Wales and Victoria said it will not be accepted in their schools.The Minister
for Education Jason Clare also said students should not be at the Friday strike
international criticism for being slow to respond to the threat posed by climate change.While the Labour government led by Anthony Albanese
promised greater action to halt climate change when elected in May 2022, experts say Australia is still not keeping pace with key allies
like the US and the UK.A reform of environmental protection laws which would allow ministers a broader scope of reasons to deny fossil fuel
projects is one of the key changes climate experts say Australia needs to make.Originating in Sweden, School Strike 4 Climate is an
international movement of students who skip classes on Friday to press for political action on climate change.The Friday rallies are the
The largest, in 2019, attracted an estimated 300,000 people across the country.They come after former diplomat and public servant Gregory
Andrews was forced to end a hunger strike outside Parliament House in Canberra
Mr Andrews had refused to eat until the government declared a climate emergency, but was taken away by an ambulance on Friday
morning.Source: BBC--Agencies
