Melbournians do it better (and bigger)

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 to hear major addresses from QLD IR Minister Tom Barton, ACTU Secretary Greg Combet and ALP Treasury Spokesperson Wayne Swan.

An estimated 10,000 attended rallies in Adelaide throughout the morning, targeting the electorate offices of a number of Coalition MPs. South Australian workers also attended a rally in Whyalla today.

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:

http://www.actu.asn.au/

and now I'm back in Scotland