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2023 Mardi Gras gallery: The best photos from Sydney's LGBTQIA+ pride festival

We've sorted through our photographers' images to bring you a selection of the best moments from Australia's premier event celebrating the LGBTQIA+ community.

ABC News · Feb 26, 2023

Federal senator Lidia Thorpe halts Sydney's Mardi Gras parade with police protest

Federal senator Lidia Thorpe says she lay on the ground in front of a float — interrupting the parade until she was removed by officers — to protest against police violence.

ABC News · Feb 26, 2023

Teen charged with hindering Sydney park stabbing case

A 17-year-old boy has been charged with affray and hindering an investigation as NSW police probe the stabbing death of a man in southwest Sydney.

AAP · Feb 25, 2023

Yas Queen: Anthony Albanese’s Officially Become The 1st Aussie PM To Walk The Mardi Gras Parade

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has officially become the first PM to march in the Sydney gay and lesbian Mardi Gras, go off king.

Pedestrian.tv · Feb 25, 2023

Anthony Albanese becomes first Australian PM to march in Sydney Mardi Gras

Dressed in open-necked shirt and jeans, Albanese joins 12,500 paraders on original route of Oxford Street

The Guardian - UK · Feb 25, 2023

Sydney Mardi Gras returns in style

SYDNEY: Thousands of scantily clad revellers danced through Sydney on Saturday for the annual Mardi Gras parade, which returned to the Australian city’s streets for the first time since the outbreak of Covid-19.

Bangkok Post · Feb 25, 2023

Tilio, Maclaren lift City past Sydney FC in ALM win

Marco Tilio has been tipped for great things after his spectacular strike helped Melbourne City bounce back from derby defeat to down Sydney FC 3-2.

AAP · Feb 25, 2023

Fireworks, a PM and a lot of love: Oxford Street lights up as Mardi Gras returns home — as it happened

After two years of COVID-19 restrictions that saw the parade relocate, Oxford Street came alive as thousands celebrated the LGBT+ community.

ABC News · Feb 25, 2023

Wellington ready for boosted Sydney FC squad in ALW

Wellington will look to turn their A-League Women season around as they take on a star-studded Sydney FC side in their first game in Auckland.

AAP · Feb 25, 2023

From Brussels to Bangkok, demonstrations of support for Ukraine

In Brussels, they sang Ukraine’s national anthem in the rain. In Sydney, they gathered to pray. And in London, they hung paper angels from the ceiling of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, in honour of the children who have died in the war.

Bangkok Post · Feb 25, 2023