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Commencing at the Domain in Sydney’s CBD, the school-day Climate Strike 4 Action protest attracted an estimated 80,000, while Melbourne drew an even larger crowd of 100,000. Indeed, protesters from over 100 cities and towns across Australia took part in similar strikes and. globally, it is estimated that millions marched in the name of climate change, Australian political leaders continued to downplay the issue and commentators with more conservative opinions of climate change have dismissed the global strikes as promoting "hysteria", with some journalists even calling 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg 'mentally ill" after her emotional and accusatory speech at the UN on climate action.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.