Climate change extremists have deflated “hundreds” of tyres on SUVs in the wealthy Melbourne suburb overnight, with notes left on windscreens informing owners that their “gas guzzler kills” and suggesting they try taking public transport instead.
Supporters of the global Tyre Extinguishers group said in a statement to media outlets on Friday morning that “concerned citizens” had “disarmed” vehicles in Melbourne’s richest suburb “in the first action in a new wave of climate protest in Australia”.