00:00According to organisers of the rally in Brisbane, there were 50,000 people on the streets.
00:08But Queensland Police say the actual numbers were a fraction of that, more like 10,000.
00:13The protesters started gathering in Queen's Gardens in the Brisbane CBD just after one
00:18o'clock.
00:19They quickly filled that area and then spilled onto the surrounding streets.
00:24Those are the images and those are the numbers that Queensland Police say they're relying
00:28on to arrive at their 10,000 figure.
00:30They say they know for a fact that 7,000 people can fit inside Queen's Gardens and then when
00:37they account for that bit of spillover, they arrive at the 10,000 figure.
00:41So a bit of discrepancy there.
00:43The police have largely praised the crowd, said it was very well behaved or everyone at
00:48the event was very well behaved.
00:50You have to remember as well that the people taking part in this march had to take a slightly
00:55different route from the one that was originally planned.
00:59Organisers wanted to take the event across the Story Bridge, perhaps mimicking the event
01:04that was held in Sydney a few weeks back.
01:06But Queensland Police tried to block that and ended up having that successfully blocked through
01:11a court process.
01:13Organisers rerouted the event, took it from Queen's Gardens, as I said, to Musgrave Park in
01:20the Brisbane CBD, largely well behaved.
01:23There were several counter protests along the way.
01:27One man was taken from the scene or escorted from the protest by police for allegedly snatching
01:33a Palestine flag from one of the protesters.
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