Climate News: 'An opportunity too good to miss' - XR's Tony Gleeson on disrupting the AFL's grand final parade

Tony Gleeson (pictured), along with two other activists from Extinction Rebellion disrupted Friday's grand final parade organized by the Australian Football League.

Listen to Tony here talk about what they did and why they did it.

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