Climate change activists on bicycles have staged a slow-moving peak-hour protest causing traffic congestion heading into Brisbane's CBD.
Extinction Rebellion protesters slowly rode bicycles from South Brisbane through the city on Monday morning starting about 7.30am on Monday.
The Department of Transport and Main Roads tweeted a congestion warning for drivers on the Pacific Motorway from Woollongabba into the CBD about 8am.
The two-hour-long protest was part of a push for Australia to sign on to a binding target of zero net carbon emissions by 2025, overseen by a citizen's assembly.
"Governments and policymakers have utterly failed to do what needs to be done to protect us from the looming threat of social and ecological collapse," XR spokesperson Hannah Doole said.
"Politicians are doing everything in their power to prop up destructive industries and taking no steps to prevent runaway climate change. Their track record shows that they cannot be trusted to act in the public interest."
Rally organisers told demonstrators to be COVID-19 safe by travelling in small groups of 10, social distancing and donning masks as they cycled towards King George Square.
Australian Associated Press
