40,000 in Blacktown ...
including the Blue Mountains contingent ...
UNION ESTIMATES OF RALLY NUMBERS
The largest turnout was in Melbourne, with around 150,000 people rallying in the centre of the city at the corner of Bourke and Swanston Sts.
40,000 people attended the main NSW rally in the outer suburb of Blacktown - almost double the number organisers expected.
Around 25,000 turned out in Brisbane.
An estimated 10,000 attended rallies in Adelaide.
In Launceston Tasmania, around 2,000 people rallied including rescued Beaconsfield miner Brant Webb. A further protest is planned for Hobart on Saturday 1 July on Parliament House lawns.
There was a strong turnout in Perth with around 20,000 people marching and around 500 attending a protest in Darwin.
Unions estimate a further fifty to sixty thousand people also attended rallies in regional centres across Australia today:
In Queensland 7,000 attended a rally on the Gold Coast and protests were also held in Gladstone, Rockhampton, and Townsville.
In NSW, 6000 attended a rally in Newcastle and 7000 in Wollongong. There were also protests in Albury, Armidale, Bathurst, Coffs Harbour, Goulburn, Lismore, Nowra, Tweed Heads, Tamworth, Queanbeyan and Wagga Wagga.
Workers also rallied in regional Victoria today with protests in Ballarat, Geelong, Hamilton, Portland, Warrnambool and Wodonga/Albury.
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Well done BMUC comrades! Sorry I couldn't be there with you, but you flew the flag well.
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