What Has Blockade Australia Planned During Their 'Week Of Chaos'?

Further disruptions will face the Sydney CBD over the next few days following Day 1 of Blockade Australia’s “Resist Climate Inaction” week, which saw protestors march through the city and block major roadways.

The “week of action” is set to cause chaos in Sydney as it aims to implement “social, political and economic disruption” in order to “force the urgent broad-scale change necessary for survival”. 

The group has utilised social media platforms to garner participants, publishing daily information on where protests will be taking place.

As such, it is currently unknown exactly what the group has planned for the remainder of the week, however it is likely to take a similar form to protests seen today in Sydney’s CBD.

On Monday a 22 year-old resident of Lismore, the northeastern New South Wales city, which was recently ravaged by floodwaters, blockaded the Harbour Tunnel in Sydney and locked herself in her car until she was arrested by police, delaying city-bound traffic on the Harbour Tunnel for up to an hour. 

The woman and ten other protestors who blocked traffic in busy intersections of Sydney’s CBD were arrested by New South Wales Police. 

Heavy penalties could be faced by participants in these protests, following the New South Wales Government introduction of legislation in April which punishes illegal protestors who block public roads, tunnels, bridges or railways with up to $22,000 in fines and/or a maximum sentence of two years imprisonment. 

Despite this, the group has promised more disruption is set to come this week.