Kochie blasts climate change protester
David Koch blasted a climate change protester who interrupted traffic four mornings in a row.
The Sunrise co-host interviewed Emma Dorge, 25, on Friday, questioning her behaviour and what she achieved for hanging over the freight rail line at Port Botany.
“Why do you think you’ve got the right to disrupt other people’s lives?,” Kochie asked.
“What gives you the right to decide to make people late for work or late getting to a hospital or school just because you’re antsy about something?”
The young protester defended her actions saying no one’s morning commute was interrupted.
“The reason why we need to do this, and it’s not fun, is because without this disruption we’re not being listened to,” she said.
“Everybody’s future is at stake.”
Fuming at her response, Kochie asked Emma for her address so he could “block” her house.
“When I’m angry about something I’ll go and block your house? Can I do the same thing?” he blasted.
“Do you think you’re a bit arrogant?”
Emma did not let him get away with his response saying: “You won’t be getting your kids to school when fires and floods and famine take over.
“There is expected to be food systems collapse within the next eight years.
“I’m doing this for the children of the world who have no hope.”
Kochie made sure he had the last word in the hostile interview, asking Emma if she knew how to swim, suggesting that authorities could just cut the rope she was hanging from.
“You’ve only got water below you there, it would be a pretty soft landing,” he said.
“We got you up (on the show) because we just wanted to hear from a pest and what they looked and sounded like.
“I’d just snip the wires. It’s ridiculous.”
Under NSW law, protestors who disrupt any bridge or tunnel will face a maximum penalty of $22,000 and/or imprisonment for two years.
NSW Police have also launched Strike Force Guard to investigate and target those involved in the planning of the protests.
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