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Pro-Palestinian march across Sydney Harbour Bridge allowed to go ahead, judge rules

A pro-Palestinian march across the Sydney Harbour Bridge on Sunday will proceed as an authorised event, after a judge declined to make a prohibition order over the rally, as sought by police.

ABC News

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Peter Riley Aug 6, 2025

https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/historic-harbour-bridge-palestine-solidarity-protest-reaches-gaza

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Historic Harbour Bridge Palestine solidarity protest reaches Gaza

Up to 300,000 people marched across Sydney’s iconic Harbour Bridge in a historic protest to demand Labor sanction Israel and provide aid to deliberately starved Gazans. Rachel Evans and Olivia Iurincich report.

Green Left

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Peter Riley

Push Back Against Authoritarians https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/aug/09/how-australians-are-pushing-back-against-authoritarian-anti-protest-laws

In Defence of Dissent
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Australians are pushing back against ‘authoritarian’ anti-protest laws in ‘a return to the spirit of the 60s’

After the extraordinary crowds at the Sydney Harbour Bridge march, advocates say political attempts to crack down on freedom of speech are out of step with community attitudes

The Guardian