‘Immense’ pro-Palestine march to cross Sydney Harbour Bridge as police prepare for five-hour shutdown

Supreme court judge says protest motivated by belief that the horror and urgency of the situation in Gaza demands an urgent and extraordinary response'

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Pro-Palestine protesters will be legally protected while marching across the Sydney Harbour Bridge on Sunday after a New South Wales supreme court decision.

The bridge is expected to be closed for about five hours, from 11.30am, and additional police are being mobilised to observe a march that could include up to 50,000 people.