A Cairns court will today hear the final arguments for a landmark climate change case. The case centres around two Torres Strait Islander men who are suing the Federal Government for failing to protect their homelands from rising sea levels and the impacts of climate change.
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00:00 Torres Strait is a very, very low-lying island.
00:07 My island, Boigo Island, is surrounded by mangroves and mud.
00:15 It's very emotional that the climate impact that's been causing to my islands and it's
00:23 damaging the property and damaging my community rapidly.
00:32 This is why I'm taking the government to the court and get the motion to come to the end
00:39 of the closing argument because I care about the Torres Strait.
00:46 I care about my community, my island home, Boigo Island.
00:51 The support that I receive is very important.
00:54 It's all around Australia, support all around the world and the Pacific nation, brothers
01:02 and sisters from the Pacific that have been supporting us through this climate change
01:08 that's been impacting.
01:09 This is why we like to give a special thanks to all the support all around the world, the
01:18 people coming through and supporting us through our climate justice and the climate case that
01:23 we're putting through to the government.
01:28 It's a betterment for my people, my country, and all the world that we're going through
01:35 with the flood victims and the bushfire victims that are supporting us.
01:42 It's a betterment motion that they're helping us pushing this climate change through until
01:52 we come to the end of the closing argument.
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