A planned pro-Palestine march that would result in tens of thousands of people descending on the Opera House forecourt on Sunday has “disaster written all over it”, NSW Police told the state’s top court as it seeks to block the rally.

The Court of Appeal held an urgent hearing on Wednesday in a test case on protest rights as police seek to halt the march from the Sydney CBD to the Opera House. It will deliver its decision on Thursday morning.

Pro-Palestine protesters at the Opera House after it was lit up in Israeli colours following the Hamas attack, October 9, 2023. Credit: Louie Douvis

Assistant Police Commissioner Peter McKenna told the court he had “significant concerns” about “ingress and egress” from the Opera House forecourt.

“It has disaster written all over it. We are not

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