‘Community Presence’ at office of Victorian water minister Tim Holding, 6 February February 6, 2009

Friends of the Earth issued a call for activists and community groups concerned about the Brumby government’s proposed answers to the growing water shortage – a desalination plant at Wonthaggi and a pipeline to bring water from the north- to demonstrate outside the electoral office of the minister responsible, Tim Holding. The call was answered not just by locals, but there was a passionate contingent also from Wonthaggi, as well as representatives of climate action groups around Melbourne. There were speakers, including Dave Kerin of Union Solidarity, Sue Bolton of Socialist Alliance, and Steven Cannon of Watershed Victoria, and the event was rounded off with live music.
There are photos from the action on the Foe website and here. The callout can be found here.
There are videos of the action and Dave Kerin’s speech on EngageMedia:

The action

Dave Kerin

Here are some photos:

Overview of the protest

Cam Walker addressing the gathering

Dave Kerin of Union Solidarity speaking

A message from Friends of the Earth

The car that brought some of the protesters

Ask the people of Tuvalu ...

One of the musicians - from Tuvalu ...

Save the penguins too

Walk Against Warming in Melbourne, 11 November November 11, 2007

Melbourne once again put on a spectacular event to mark the annual Walk Against Warming, with numbers quite comparable to last year’s, and the added urgency of the upcoming election much in evidence. This time organisers chose to start at the State Library, which was better suited for the purpose than the Town Hall as last year, and the walk ended in the Alexandra Gardens, which was obviously a popular choice. Tim Costello of World Vision was the main speaker, and the banners, placards and other props spoke for themselves.

Link: http://www.walkagainstwarming.org/
Some reports in the mainstream media:
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/thousands-march-for-climate-change/
2007/11/11/1194749385057.html
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/11/11/2087608.htm
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22739694-12377,00.html
http://uk.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUKSYD14882320071111

There is some video footage on:
EngageMedia:http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/pc/videos/waw-11nov07-engage.avi/view

and a report with photos on:
http://radicalcrossstitch.com/2007/11/11/walk-against-warming/#more-892

Sydney Indymedia carries reports from Melbourne and elsewhere, with links to photos on other sites:
http://sydney.indymedia.org.au/story/thousands-march-action-climate-change