16-year-old climate activist and Tom Elliott go head-to-head over climate protests

Hundreds of teenagers will skip school on Friday to attend a climate protest in the Melbourne CBD.

16-year-old Joey Thomson is part of ‘School Strike 4 Climate Australia’, which is organising the protest.

He told Tom Elliott that he’s hoping to put pressure on the government to move away from fossil fuels.

Click PLAY to hear Tom and Joey go head-to-head over Friday’s protests 

“We are hoping to put the pressure to demand change from those in positions of power which is the Labor government,” Thomson said on 3AW Drive.

“We want to shift the power away from fossil fuels.”