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Farid Farid

Opera House rally 'can be done' safely despite risks

Police say having 40,000 protesters outside the Opera House has "disaster written all over it". (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

Three judges will sleep on whether a pro-Palestine rally can go ahead safely at an iconic Australian landmark, amid fears more than 40,000 will be squeezed into a "narrow funnel".

The NSW Court of Appeal on Wednesday heard a last-minute police challenge to the Palestine Action Group demonstration on Sunday, slated to start in Sydney's city centre and finish under the sails of the Sydney Opera House.

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