Demonstrations

Clashes break out at some of the anti-immigration rallies being held across the country, including in Melbourne, where police have used pepper spray.

Demonstrators gathered in cites across the country as March for Australia rallies call for a reduction in immigration. 

Experts say police have prior experience and knowledge when it comes to counting crowd sizes, but event organisers do too. That makes it hard to know why there is a dispute.

Pro-Palestinian demonstrations were held across the country on Sunday, with organisers claiming crowd numbers to be in the tens of thousands.

A Queensland court on Thursday blocked the group from holding a march across Brisbane's Story Bridge due to safety concerns.

City of Melbourne councillors have voted for an amendment that will see the municipality advocate to reduce disruption caused by protests to businesses, in a proposal that will now go to community consultation.

There were hostile scenes in Melbourne's CBD several blocks from where a Women's Voices Australia rally was being held.

A renewed push to limit activists to staging three protests a year with taxpayer-funded crowd control has been shut down by the NSW government.

The NSW premier has said publicly that he doesn't regret his opposition to Sunday's protest. He will face caucus today knowing several colleagues marched.

The march on Sydney Harbour Bridge over the weekend has further fuelled political debate over Australia's position and response to ongoing humanitarian situation in war-ravaged Gaza.

A safe end to the pro-Palestinian protest has not allayed concerns about separate mass demonstrations across the world-famous landmark, senior NSW Police say. 

Tens of thousands took to the Sydney Harbour Bridge to highlight the humanitarian situation in Gaza and push for action by the Australian government, as thousands more rallied in central Melbourne.

Sydney Harbour Bridge will be closed for hours on Sunday for a pro-Palestinian march which organisers have described as "historic", with authorities warning of disruptions to major roads and public transport.

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.

NSW Premier Chris Minns said the "unplanned disruption" would risk public safety as the Palestinian Action Group called on authorities to "stand on the right side of history". 

The ship had been on course to try to break an Israeli naval blockade of the territory, where starvation is taking hold among the Palestinian population.

Serbian police in riot gear clash with anti-government protesters demanding snap elections and an end to President Aleksandar Vučić's 12-year rule.

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