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Black Lives Matter protesters in front of Parliament House in Canberra, Friday, June 5, 2020. The protesters were demonstrating aboriginal deaths in custody and the death of George Floyd in the United States. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

A Black Lives Matter protest in Canberra Source: AAP

Hundreds of protesters have defied calls from the government to stay home, instead gathering at a Black Lives Matter rally in Sydney.


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Hundreds of protesters have defied calls from the government to stay home, instead gathering at a Black Lives Matter rally in Sydney.



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