Anti-corporate protesters are planning to echo the Occupy Wall St protests spreading across the US, with public demonstrations beginning in Australia on Saturday.
On Twitter, the buzz has been building for weeks under the #OccupyOz hashtag.
There are plans to set up a permanent campsite outside the Reserve Bank in Sydney as part of the global day of action.
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Organisers intend to remain camped in Martin Place "indefinitely" from Saturday, as they attempt to spread their pro-democracy, anti "corporate greed" message.
Similar Occupy protests will begin in other capital cities across Australia on the same day.
In Melbourne, protesters are planning on converging around City Square, with a range of discussions and forums ranging from talks on working conditions to refugees and the environment.
In Adelaide, activists plan to convene at Victoria Square on Saturday, while protests are organised in Perth and Brisbane as well.
As in the US, there is no one message and no one leadership group, but social media has again been a driving medium Over the last weeks, multiple websites, Twitter feeds and Facebook pages have appeared with varying takes on the core demand of less power for corporations, and more for what US protesters are calling "the 99 per cent."
INEQUALITY IN AUSTRALIA
"People are coming will all sorts of reasons to get out on the streets," a spokesman for the Occupy Sydney event told AAP.
"There's a general sense that the world is dominated by the one per cent of super rich at the top of society.
"In America it's been driven by the dire economic circumstances, but nevertheless there's people getting sacked, massive inequalities in Australia."
The Occupy Wall Street movement began in New York with protests in the heart of the city's financial district in mid-September. Protests have now been reported in hundreds of US centres.
The movement has been inspired by the Arab Spring revolutions, while protests have set up a permanent campsite around Zuccotti Park.
The Occupy Sydney spokesman said police had been told about demonstrators' intentions.
"We're hoping that the police respect that we're camping out peacefully and we don't mean any harm," he added.
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