Pro-Palestine protesters fill the streets in cities and towns across Australia after Gaza famine declaration

‘The difference between my kids and those kids in Palestine is geography,’ one attendee says, as thousands turn out for marches

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Brisbane has amassed the largest pro-Palestinian crowd in the city’s history, rally organisers say, as thousands marched across Australia in a show of support for the Palestinian cause, days after famine was declared in Gaza for the first time.

In Brisbane, organisers estimated at least 50,000 people gathered for a rally they described as “historic”, with Queensland police putting the figure at 10,000.