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Here’s how the Sydney protest greeted the news that organisers had been successful in overturning the New South Wales supreme court ruling preventing the protest from going ahead.

Raul Bassi, organiser of the protest, making his way through the crowd, informing protesters of the decision, but reitering need to distance.

More from the Melbourne rally, via AAP:

One speaker remarked that it took the death of an African American man to put the spotlight on the deaths of Indigenous Australians.

“We all bleed red because we are human,” another speaker said, to shouts of support from the crowd.

“Violence has been here for a couple of hundred years and your system’s nuts,” said another speaker.

There is a strong police presence with a police helicopter overhead. The mood among protesters and police is peaceful.

Protesters are holding up banners with slogans such as “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere” and “tolerating racism is racism”.

The New South Wales court of appeal has overturned a supreme court decision preventing a Black Lives Matter rally from going ahead in Sydney today.

The protest will now proceed starting at 3pm.

We are expecting a New South Wales court of appeal decision very soon on whether the Sydney Black Lives Matter protest can go ahead.

As you can probably see by the previous posts, the protest is going ahead regardless, but it will just determine what powers police have in fining or arresting people at the protest.

Elias Visontay reports a man holding an “all lives matter” sign in Sydney was booed and taken away by police. Other reports suggest they went to have a talk with him in a nearby chocolate shop.

Looks like most if not all at the Melbourne rally appear to be following the advice of the organisers about wearing a mask.

Just some more information on the Melbourne man who travelled to Bundaberg with coronavirus. The health department in Victoria has provided this information on his travels, confirming he was likely infections on his flight to Queensland:

On Monday 1 June, the man caught a Skybus from Southern Cross Station to Melbourne Airport then flew to Queensland on Virgin flight VA313, which left Melbourne at 8am. He was likely infectious.

The man is linked to a confirmed case from the Rydges on Swanston outbreak, but was not disclosed as a close contact so was not in quarantine when he left Victoria.