Protesters say 'enough is enough' as Black Lives Matter marches unfold across Australia | ABC News

February 9, 2022 Pharaoh

Thousands of people are gathering for a Black Lives Matter protest in Perth, as part of a series of protest activities unfolding across Australia today.

The protest in Western Australia’s capital city is going ahead despite the WA Premier urging organisers to postpone the event and the City of Perth refusing to grant a permit for it to take place.

In Darwin, a protest which drew in up to 1,000 people began with a welcome to country and speeches from four young Aboriginal women, followed by a smoking ceremony led by Larrakia elder June Mills.

The organisers successfully lodged a COVID-19 safety plan with the Northern Territory Government, which allowed them to host a gathering of more than 500 people in the territory, which currently has no recorded active coronavirus cases.

In the Far North Queensland town of Innisfail, around 300 people were undeterred by rain, joining a march to highlight Indigenous deaths in custody.