Tuesday, 23 September 2014
The message from participants was clear: Prime minister Tony Abbott, you've got
your head in the sand.
George Hirst from Cranky Curlew told Mashable is the even hoped to highlight the
way our leaders are ignoring a planetary emergency.
"People around the world are realising this more and more every day and yet
Australia, in particular, is going totally backwards on this. It's just plain embarrassing and it
makes us angry that our government has become so controlled by big coal and carbon p
polluting businesses," Hirst said. "We want to show them what we think of this stupidity so
it's fitting that we 'salute' them with our butts in the air and our heads in the sand."
The event organised by the North Queensland Conservation Council created the
Headsin Sand Salute photograph to pay tribute to the lack of action on climate
change by the Australian government. At least 80 people were involved in the different a
approach on Townsville’s main beach The Strand on Sunday.
"Together we must and we will win this fight to protect our planet, overcome the
arrogance and ignorance of our leaders, and leave for our children a world as beautiful as t
the one that we have been honoured to enjoy," the conservation council wrote on its
website.
