Even as a young kid in school, Matilda Lane-Rose always spoke up when she saw injustices in the playground. Later, at the age of 15, she'd stand in front of hundreds of students engaged in the School Strike for Climate rallies with a megaphone. For her, the anxieties and fears now-famous climate activist Greta Thunberg held of the future amid climate change were relatable, and seeing someone the same age taking action was empowering.
Being given a violence restraining order is “disheartening” for Lane-Rose, who said she'd "love to see the resources put into investigating me and other climate activists being funnelled into preventing domestic violence". Mejia-Canales said the orders “go far beyond what can possibly be justified". “Woodside should drop these undemocratic orders now,” he said.