Replace Hazelwood key test in Victorian election

Watch the rally video by Andrew McDonald

A energetic crowd of 5000 took the "Replace Hazelwood" message to Melbourne's streets on Saturday 6 November. The rally started at the State Library and proceeded to the steps of parliament, where eight smokestacks built by local climate action groups collapsed onto the ground in a symbolic action to end the event, with great appreciation from the crowd. University of Melbourne climate science Professor David Karoly (pictured) told the crowd that: "Replacing all of Hazelwood would be an important symbol to Australia and the world that we are prepared to take action to clean up our energy supply. But it would be more than a symbol. It would also reduce future climate change and reduce the numbers of people impacted by flooding resulting from sea level rise."

His comments were published in The Age under the heading Wrong to dismiss the dirt on Hazelwood.

View photos of the event here.