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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Kate Lyons

Elon Musk shares post on X with incorrect attendance figures for Australia’s anti-immigration protests

Protesters with Australian flags outside Parliament House in Canberra
March for Australia anti-immigration rally in Canberra. The home affairs minister, Tony Burke, said ‘there is no place in our country for people who seek to divide and undermine our social cohesion.’ Photograph: Mick Tsikas/EPA

Elon Musk has shared a post on social media that wrongly claims 150,000 people took part in anti-immigration protests in the Australian cities of Sydney and Brisbane, despite police estimating the total of those in attendance was about 21,000.

Musk shared a post from an X user showing a video of a protest held in Sydney on Sunday, under the banner March for Australia.

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