No more hot air: Australian climate activism and political satire – in pictures - The Guardian

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No more hot air: Australian climate activism and political satire – in pictures

Successive Australian governments have kicked the can down the road when it comes to the climate crisis – and colourful activism has followed them every step of the way

- John Howard takes his morning walk followed by polar bears from the Big Switch campaign in 2007.
Photograph: Greenpeace/PR Image
- An activist dressed as Kevin Rudd sends a wake-up call on climate change in 2009.
Photograph: Robert Mckechnie/PR Image
- Protesters buried their heads in the sand at Bondi beach to highlight Tony Abbott’s refusal to include climate change in the G20 agenda in 2014.
Photograph: Tim Cole/PR Image
- An activist in a Tony Abbott mask at an Oxfam climate protest in 2015.
Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP
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- Julia Gillard walks past the elephant in the room in Melbourne in 2010.
Photograph: Alan Porritt/AAP
- ‘No more hot air’: caricatures of Tony Abbott and Julia Gillard in a hot-air balloon at Parliament House in 2010.
Photograph: Oxfam/PR Image
- Climate change protesters dressed as Malcolm Turnbull and Tony Abbott in Sydney before Cop21, the UN conference on climate change in 2015.
Photograph: Sam Mooy/AAP
- Protesters lend their support to the Great Barrier Reef during the Climate Change Fizza rally in the seat of Wentworth, Sydney, in June 2016.
Photograph: Oculi, Dean Sewell/PR Image
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- Protesters dress up as Barnaby Joyce, Scott Morrison and Malcolm Turnbull as part of a global school students climate strike in March 2019.
Photograph: James Gourley/Getty Images
- An inflatable Earth during a global student climate strike in Sydney in March 2019.
Photograph: Don Arnold/Getty Images
- Environmental activists from the anti-Adani convoy led by former Greens leader Bob Brown hold protest signs in front of comedians dressed as Bill Shorten and Scott Morrison in May 2019.
Photograph: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images
- An activist from Extinction Rebellion protests in Brisbane in October 2019.
Photograph: Glenn Hunt/AAP
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- A mural depicting Scott Morrison among bushfire flames in Tottenham, Melbourne, in January 2020.
Photograph: James Ross/AAP
- Signs outside Parliament House in October 2020.
Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian
- A protestor wearing a mask depicting the then prime minister, Scott Morrison, during an Extinction Rebellion protest outside the office of Arrow Energy, Brisbane, in March 2021.
Photograph: Darren England/AAP
- A mannequin depicting a small child covered in coal is part of an Extinction Rebellion protest in Brisbane in April 2021.
Photograph: Darren England/AAP
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- Climate activists dressed as Scott Morrison and Barnaby Joyce during a Cop26 protest march in Sydney in November 2021.
Photograph: Don Arnold/Getty Images
- An Extinction Rebellion protester on the front lawns of Parliament House, Canberra, in May 2021.
Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian
- On World Environment Day 2023 more than 20 members of the Knitting Nannas conservation and environmental group wrapped Big Spotty, a giant spotted gum in the North Brooman state forest near Termiel, NSW.
Photograph: Dean Lewins/AAP
- Extinction Rebellion ACT protesters outside Parliament House with Blinky the Zombie Koala in July 2022.
Photograph: Blake Sharp-Wiggins/The Guardian
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- Extinction Rebellion activists stage a demonstration along Elizabeth Street in Melbourne in November 2022.
Photograph: Diego Fedele/AAP
- An activist wears a mask depicting Anthony Albanese during a rally by Doctors for the Environment outside Parliament House in Canberra in August 2023.
Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP
- Environmental activists march through Treasury Garden in Melbourne in December 2023.
Photograph: Diego Fedele/Getty Images
- People take to the water as they blockade access to the Newcastle coal port during a protest for climate action at Horseshoe beach in November 2023.
Photograph: Roni Bintang/Getty Images
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