Anti-Government Group Proposes Sydney Harbour Bridge March

A group with links to the sovereign citizen, anti-vax, and gender critical movements is proposing a march across the Sydney Harbour Bridge, only weeks after Premier Chris Minns warned against “open season” for rallies on the landmark.

Scheduled for September 13, the action is being organised by an umbrella group known as Australia Unites Against Government Corruption, which includes groups such as My Place Australia, an anti-establishment, anti-government body that’s campaigned against vaccines, 5G, and chemtrails.

Its founder, former Australia One-endorsed candidate and self-described sovereign citizen, Darren Bergwerf, once told the ABC he was unsure whether the Holocaust took place as he “wasn’t there”.

Australia Unites describes itself as a “grassroots movement is dedicated to fostering unity and empowering citizens to demand integrity and transparency from those in power”, and lists “reform immigration”, “protect the farmers” and “WHO pandemic treaty” among its primary concerns.

The Sydney event is just one of the events planned, with their website calling for protests across “all major cities in Australia”.

“A vote of no confidence isn’t just a formality, it’s a statement,” it reads. “The subtext is clear: trust is gone, authority has cracked, and survival is hanging by a thread.

“Even if the leader scrapes through, the writing is on the wall — their power has slipped, their backing has fractured, and the countdown to change has already begun.”

Coming less than one week after neo-Nazi activity at anti-immigration protests across the country, the website includes an explicit statement against neo-Nazi activity for the event, and say they have a “ZERO tolerance policy for racism, extremism, and violence”.

Details not yet confirmed with police

Under questioning from Liberal MP Susan Carter during budget estimates on Wednesday, senior police said they were aware of the proposed event, and confirmed officers from the North West Metropolitan Region had received a Form 1, the notification informing police about a planned public assembly.

Police are consulting relevant stakeholders, but said they hadn’t yet been informed about the route, duration, or possible impact on the traffic.

Organisers told the ABC they plan to march from Bradfield Park at Milsons Point, across the harbour bridge, and to Hyde Park, where speakers will address the audience.

The group say they’re “working cooperatively” with police, and are expecting 10,000 attendees.

Last month saw tens of thousands of people take to the Harbour Bridge in an anti-war action supporting Palestine, with organisers estimating crowds of up to 300,000.

Premier Chris Minns took organisers to the Supreme Court in a failed bid to block the action, saying in a statement at the time that he “cannot allow Sydney to descend into chaos.”

“We can’t have open season on the bridge,” he said. “We need to have some kind of orderly process where we balance people’s rights to have a protest in Sydney … without closing down critical infrastructure.”