Almost 350 Australians and their immediate family have touched down in Sydney on the first of the federal government's repatriation flights for those fleeing Lebanon.
country are registered with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and 904 have already left Beirut Airport on assisted flights.
A sense of joy and relief spread through Sydney Airport last night as the dozens of people, some with balloons, flowers or wearing pyjamas, waiting for their loved ones saw the plane from Cyprus via Doha had landed carrying 349 people. On social media, Foreign Minister Penny Wong welcomed 349 Australians and their families who fled Lebanon on DFAT-assisted flights home and said another two assisted flights would leave Beirut for Cypress on Monday .
It was a solemn commemoration in Canberra but with rallies around the country, the majority of Australians are growing weary, with a new poll showing more than half the community oppose the marches.
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