UPDATE: Police have managed to get the upper hand against protesters in Sydney's CBD. 9News
The large crowds dissipated just after 2pm today after concerns more were on the way to join the mass demonstration.
The delayed march started at Victoria Park on Broadway just after midday, as hundreds of protesters made their way to the event despite police warnings those in attendance would be subject to "the full force of the law".A man is held by police on Broadway, Sydney. Despite that, people were seen walking to Victoria Park where the protest was planned to start from - despite police issuing repeated warnings all week not to attend.She said dozens of people have been arrested.NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller called the response "significant" and said anybody trying to get into the city to protest would be turned back and could be fined.
"It isn't what the vast majority want to see in the state, people coming together in that proximity in those numbers."The CBD zone is bounded on the west by West Link Road and The Crescent at Lilyfield, the south at South Dowling Street and Todman Avenue at Zetland, as far north as the Bradfield Highway at Milsons Point and the east at New South Head Road and Ocean Avenue at Edgecliff.Police setup a road block to check road users identification on Enmore Road, Sydney.
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