Annual protest marches in Sydney marking January 26 will go ahead, despite an extension of controversial new laws banning protests.
The laws were enacted following the Bondi massacre, and allow the state's police commissioner to ban protests for two weeks in the wake of terrorist events, with an option to extend that restriction.
Tuesday's decision is the second time Commissioner Mal Lanyon has extended the ban.
However he specifically noted that January 26 marches, including the Invasion Day march, could go ahead, as the restricted area has been limited to Sydney's eastern suburbs, northern CBD and Darling Harbour.
The protest's usual congregation point of Hyde Park is not included in the restricted area, and the march is then expected to march south to Victoria Park.
"Once they are south of Liverpool Street, that is not an excluded zone ... I'm satisfied that will reduce the risk," he told reporters.
Commissioner Lanyon said 1500 police officers would be in the city centre on the day, and highlighted the longstanding recurrence of the Invasion Day rally.
"The Blak Caucus rally has been going for a number of years ... There's no specific threat to the community."
Blak Caucus member Elizabeth Jarrett affirmed the group's focus on peacefully demanding justice for First Nations communities.
"We're not here to cause any harm to the police or anyone in society," she told AAP before yesterday's decision.
"The police should respectfully stand aside and let us march."
Greens MP Sue Higginson noted street marches had been an accepted and anticipated element of Invasion Day rallies for nearly a century.
"It's clear the commissioner has recognised this and rightly bent to the will of the people," she said.
An anti-immigration March for Australia has also been authorised to proceed on January 26, taking place in Prince Alfred Park, not far from the Invasion Day march.
"This decision today is not protest agnostic. Any person can now lodge a form one (application for protest authorisation)," Mr Lanyon said.
A coalition of activist groups - including Blak Caucus - have launched a legal challenge to the anti-protest measures, claiming they are unconstitutional.
