Tens of thousands of people have rallied across Australia at pro-Palestine demonstrations, with organisers vowing to continue protesting after Donald Trump brokered a ceasefire deal in Gaza that initially appeared to be holding .
In Sydney the Palestine Action Group said 30,000 people had marched from Hyde Park to Belmore Park in the central business district after a planned rally to the Opera House was prohibited by the New South Wales court of appeal last week.
NSW police estimated 8,000 people attended the Sydney protest, with a spokesperson saying there had been “no significant incidents”.
Rallies were also held in Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth on Sunday to mark two years of killing in Gaza after Hamas attacks on 7 October 2023 killed about 1,200 people in Israel. Donald Tru