Gregory Andrews is one of several former public servants at rally outside Parliament House calling for end to fossil fuel expansion
In 2013, Gregory Andrews was an adviser to the then environment minister Greg Hunt, working in an office that scrapped the Tim Flannery-led Climate Commission and abolished a national carbon price scheme.
“Two years ago I would have thought [Extinction Rebellion protesters] were annoying and we should be trying to bring about change another way,” he said of his abrupt transformation from civil service to civil disobedience.“But I have had a growing awareness that this is a worsening climate emergency. The evidence is clear that the world’s already a dangerous place, and it’s on track to become unliveable for billions of people in my children’s lifetimes.
“In that part of the world Australian interests are mining and resources,” he said. “A really important part of my job was promoting fossil fuel developments including the massive
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