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7.40am GMT

There were many important, powerful, sobering moments from today's marches. From the speeches to the signs and the bravery of those speaking out, it would prove difficult to try and capture it all.

In saying that, I felt the Guardian's gallery of pics does capture the essence of the day and the moment we find ourselves in:

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7.19am GMT

And to start, James Glenday, a political journalist for the ABC, was just speaking about the consequences to the PM's comments earlier today, saying that it was a positive that protesters didn't get shot.

It appears the comment may linger for some time:

Quite a lot of people walked away from today with the impression that the message was, well, at least you didn't get shot.

It does kind of feel like this might be a phrase that lingers for some time over our political discourse. A lot of people are quite upset about it and a couple of Liberals as well say it is a sign that, on this issue at least, Mr Morrison doesn't quite get it.