Sunday morning's Pride March marked the final day of the WorldPride festival, which will wrap up in the evening with a concert at Sydney's Domain.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was among those to take part in the Pride March.More than 50,000 brightly-dressed people marched across the Sydney Harbour Bridge on Sunday morning in support of pride and recognition of the long fight for equality for the LGBTIQ+ community.
"It was incredible to walk across Sydney Harbour Bridge with WorldPride this morning, supporting human rights campaigners from Australia and across the world," he said. Traffic across the bridge was shut in both directions for several hours as participants crossed from north to south to finishing points in the Domain and Hyde Park.
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