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However, New South Wales police said an estimated 15,000 people – just 15% of the number in the post shared by Musk – attended the protest in Sydney.
Queensland police confirmed about 6,000 protesters came out in Brisbane for the protest. In Melbourne, police estimated 5,000 took to the streets, but this included the protesters and antifascist counter-protesters.
Victoria police said there were an estimated 3,000 people representing the March for Australia, 800 people from the Rally for Palestine group, and the remainder of people from joining as part of “multiple other groups”.