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Tens of thousands are expected to march today in "the biggest uprising of women that Australia's seen", culminating in a protest at Parliament House in Canberra at the heart of where they are demanding action.

The Women's March 4 Justice movement, which has more than 40 rallies registered across the country, is calling for a change in Federal Parliament, demanding all politicians address and "put an end to the issues of sexism, misogyny, dangerous workplace cultures and lack of equality in politics and the community at large".

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has offered to meet a "small delegation" of those who attend the Canberra rally today, one of the organisers Janine Hendry said.

FULL LIST OF RALLIES BELOW

READ MORE: Momentum grows for March 4 Justice rallies

Ms Hendry said on Sunday she had been called by someone from the Prime Minister's Office and the group would be "carefully considering the offer" before formally responding before the march.

"What we would like to know is why the PM can't come out to meet us and talk directly?" Ms Hendry wrote on Twitter.

"More than 100,000 women and allies from every walk of life are standing up to speak. How could meeting with just three women be enough? #EnoughIsEnough."

ACTU Secretary Sally McManus, who will speak at the Canberra event, told 9News as she arrived in the capital yesterday that it was an historic moment for Australian women.

"Women are saying 'enough's enough'," Ms McManus said.

"We've had enough, and these marches, as you can see, are happening right across the country. I think this will be the biggest uprising of women that Australia's seen."

Michele O'Neil, president of the Australian Council of Trade Unions, said "in workplaces all over the country, women are being harassed, they're being assaulted, and even in some cases raped".

"And we know the answers to this. The government knows the answers to this. And they just refuse to act. So we're here, with thousands of other women, to make sure the government can't ignore the call to act," Ms O'Neil said in Canberra yesterday.

Labor leader Anthony Albanese said he would "listen to the people who will be outside Parliament" today.

"I think the issue of women's rights is one that, absolutely, I'm not surprised that it's being campaigned on.

"One of the things that occurred at the National Press Club with Grace Tame's address was she spoke about the need for people to listen, and I think (Monday) is an opportunity for people to listen."

READ MORE: Thousands take to streets in Perth in Women's March 4 Justice rally

Since its launch two weeks ago, the movement has attracted more than 10,000 followers on Twitter, more than 33,000 members of its Facebook group, and more than 22,000 signatures to its petition.

It has been driven by recent allegations of sexual assault by members of Parliament.

The petition calls for immediate action on four demands:

– Full independent investigations into all cases of gendered violence and timely referrals to appropriate authorities. Full public accountability for findings

– Fully implement the 55 recommendations in the Australian Human Rights Commission's Respect@Work report of the National Inquiry into Sexual Harassment in Australian Workplaces 2020

– Lift public funding for gendered violence prevention to world's best practice

– The enactment of a federal Gender Equality Act to promote gender equality. It should include a gender equity audit of Parliamentary practices.

Protesters plan to dress head-to-toe in black, brandish signs and listen to speakers calling for swift action towards gender equality.

When will they take place?

Most rallies are planned to start at the same time, midday on Monday, March 14.

Some were held earlier on Sunday and others vary in their start time.

Who will speak?

The Canberra rally will be MCed by Julia Zemiro and Welcome to Country will be given by Aunty Violet Sheridan.

Among those scheduled to speak at the rally in Canberra are ACTU Secretary and outspoken political activist Sally McManus, Aboriginal research scholar Dr Tjanara Goreng Goreng and Saxon Mullins, the complainant in the highly-publicised rape trial of Luke Lazarus.

Other speakers announced by Women's March 4 Justice include Madhumitha Janagaraja, Michele O'Neil, Animata Conteh-Biger, Biff Ward, Virginia Hausegger, Avan Daruwalla, and Maddie Chia.

https://twitter.com/march4justiceau/status/1371063154071932928

Where are marches taking place?

There are more than 40 rallies planned across the country (including some that took place on Sunday).

These are taken from the March4Justice group's "constantly updated" list:

NSW – New South Wales

Albury, NSW (Also see Wodonga, Vic)

Armidale, NSW

Bega, NSW

Bellingen, NSW (March 14)

Byron, NSW

Coffs Harbour, NSW

Gosford, NSW

Iluka -Woombah, NSW

Lismore, NSW

Nowra, NSW

Newcastle, NSW

Sydney, NSW

Taree, NSW

Wagga Wagga, NSW

Wollongong – Vigil & Transport to Canberra

NT – Northern Territory

Alice Springs, NT

Darwin, NT

Katherine, NT

QLD – Queensland

Brisbane, QLD

Bundaberg, QLD

Cairns, QLD (March 14)

Maroochydore, QLD

Toowoomba, QLD

Townsville, QLD

SA – South Australia

Adelaide

Tas – Tasmania

Hobart, Tas

Shearwater, Tas

Vic – Victoria

Ballarat, Vic

Bendigo, Vic

Geelong, Vic

Melbourne, Vic

Rosebud, Vic

Somerville, Vic

Seaford, Vic

Talbot, Vic

Torquay – Surf Coast, Vic

Wangaratta, Vic

Warrnambool, Vic

Wodonga – ALSO see Albury Event

WA – Western Australia

Albany, WA

Bunbury -Southwest, WA

Perth, WA (March 14)

Violence has erupted in Surfers Paradise with a brawl breaking out in one of the busiest areas overnight.

Police were forced to call for reinforcements after thousands arrived at Cavill Avenue after a nearby festival.

A single punch was followed by utter bedlam as two men flew off the curb and onto the road.

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A man in a white shirt was seen running towards another fight.

On the road and outside a restaurant there was blow after blow as an all-in-brawl broke out, taking over the nightclub strip.

Amid the madness, the man in the white shirt lost a chunk of his hair.

Police moved in with tasers drawn, following the man across the road before taking action.

He eventually fell to the ground in front of hundreds of revellers.

The brawl lasted several minutes.

The man in the white shirt, a 23-year-old from Victoria, will go home with $1600 in fines.

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About 50 police were lined up outside the Hilton after thousands of party-goers attended a music festival at the Spit just 9km away before packing into the nightclub strip.

"It was pretty massive because of the festival so we all came back from the festival lining up for the clubs and it was packed," one person said.

Police are cracking down, with one trio booted from the Hilton Hotel and five people now completely banned from the Cavill Avenue area while two others were slapped with fines.

Thousands of people have marched through Perth's city centre to demand justice for women who've been abused and assaulted.

They took to the streets to take a stand, chanting the same three words in unison: "Enough is enough. Enough is enough."

Today's rally is the first in a series in support of a new Australian movement against gendered violence following recent allegations of sexual assault linked to Parliament.

Thousands are expected to turn out at dozens of protests in cities across Australia in the coming days, culminating in a march on Parliament House in Canberra on Monday.

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"We want equality, we want to be treated equally and it's beyond time for that to happen," organiser Christine Cunningham told 9News.

Brave women took the stage to share their stories in Perth today, before marching side-by-side in a crowd that could be heard across the city.

It was a first for some.

"The young girl in Parliament house, I believe her, and I think she really did think she would lose her job if she spoke up, so things have the change," one protestor told 9News.

The campaign, named Women's March 4 Justice, has already amassed tens of thousands of members since its Facebook page was set up less than two weeks ago.

Rallies are also set to be held in all state capital cities, as well as many regional centres including Wangaratta in Victoria and Lismore, Bega and Byron Bay in NSW.

The organisers are calling for sweeping action to stamp out sexual assault, with a long list of agendas including ensuring police investigations into all sexual assault allegations by members of Parliament, a federal ICAC investigation, and an independent review by the High Court of Australia into gendered violence within Australia's parliaments.

They are also calling for mandatory gendered violence and sexual assault training for all federal MPs and their staff, the enactment of a federal Gender Equality Act, and more government funding for gendered violence.

According to the page, March 4 Justice was established to "protest the Australian Parliament's ongoing abuse and discrimination of women".

"Women have been struggling for our rights alone for too long, and enough is enough. We believe by being inclusive and all genders working together, we can achieve more," the group ethos states.

The page states the group plans to a march on Parliament House in Canberra to "voice our anger at the Parliament's ongoing arrogance in relation to their voices and rights to equality in Australia".

London's police department is under scrutiny for the way officers handled some participants at an unofficial vigil Saturday night for a London woman whose death led to murder charges against a fellow officer and spurred a national conversation about violence against women in the UK.

Hundreds of people disregarded a judge's ruling and police requests by gathering at Clapham Common in honour of Sarah Everard, 33, who last was seen alive near the south London park on March 3. Demonstrators said they wanted to draw attention to the fear and danger many women see as a daily part of British life.

READ MORE: UK policeman charged with Sarah Everard's murder

Everard disappeared while walking home from a friend's apartment at about 10.30pm and was found dead a week later.

The slaying sent shockwaves across the UK because a Metropolitan Police officer is charged with her kidnapping and murder.

Video of Saturday's informal vigil turned rally showed officers from the same police force tussling with participants as they pushed their way through the crowd.

At one point, several male officers grabbed hold of several women and pulled them away in handcuffs to screaming and shouting from onlookers, Britain's Press Association reported.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan decried the police actions.

"The police have a responsibility to enforce Covid laws, but from images I've seen it's clear the response was at times neither appropriate nor proportionate," Khan said on Twitter.

Home Secretary Priti Patel tweeted that she had asked the Metropolitan Police for a full report on what happened.

The gathering happened hours after London constable Wayne Couzens, 48, appeared in court for the first time since his arrest in Everard's death. As Metropolitan Police officers approached the Clapham Common bandstand on Saturday evening, boos, jeers and shouts of "Shame on you" came from the crowd, according to the Press Association.

Organisers had hoped to hold "Reclaim the Streets" vigils in Everard's memory at the south London location and in other UK cities on Saturday but canceled the in-person events after a judge refused to grant an order allowing them to go on despite coronavirus restrictions that bar mass gatherings.

Hundreds of people showed up nonetheless. Before police moved in, many participants laid flowers at the park bandstand. Among them was Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, who was seen pausing for a moment in front of the sea of flowers.

Other people held signs reading "We will not be silenced" and "She was just walking home," and the crowd chanted, "Sisters united will never be defeated."

In the wake of Everard's disappearance and killing, many women have taken to social media to share their own experiences of being threatened or attacked while walking outside.

A 33-year-old nurse who works in the Clapham area, Mel Clarke, said she felt "very conflicted" about attending Saturday's gathering because of pandemic restrictions, but in the end "just felt that I needed to be here."

"I'm really pleased that there are a lot of men here. I hope that this is kind of an opportunity for men to learn how women feel, how vulnerable we are," Clarke said. "I hope that this is the start of justice being served for Sarah."

The Metropolitan Police has expressed shock and horror that one of its own was a suspect in the case. The London police force said Couzens joined its ranks in 2018 and most recently served in the parliamentary and diplomatic protection command, an armed unit responsible for guarding embassies in the capital and Parliament.

During his court appearance earlier in the day, Couzens stood wearing a grey tracksuit as the charges were read to him. He was remanded into custody and has another appearance scheduled Tuesday at London's Central Criminal Court.

Everard's body was found hidden in an area of woodland in Kent, more than 80km southeast of London, on Wednesday, a week after she went missing. A post-mortem examination is underway, police said Friday.

TV and radio presenter Sandi Toksvig said at the start of a vigil held online Saturday that a "cultural shift about how women are viewed and treated both in the public and private space" was needed.

"I am filled in equal measure with profound sorrow and rage, and I know there are many who share this rage, and I think it is entirely justifiable," Toksvig said. "But I also know that it will harm rather than help us if we don't try and direct that anger to good purpose."

Detectives are closing in on a witness almost a year after campers Russell Hill and Carol Clay went missing in the Victorian Alps.

Police have confirmed to 9News that they believe the driver or an owner of a 4WD which was spotted in the area could have been the last person to see the pair, aged 73 and 74, alive.

Authorities believe that person may have also been travelling with an associate at the time.

A white dual-cab ute seen in the area at the time remains unaccounted for.

UNDER INVESTIGATION: The mystery disappearance of Russell Hill and Carol Clay

Police are seeking more information from anyone who may have spotted the vehicle in the area around March 19 and 20 last year.

Last week, a drone discovered in the search zone for the pair was found not to belong to Mr Hill.

The discovery of the drone comes after police revealed days earlier they were searching for an unknown white dual-cab ute, which was parked near the campsite.

Mr Hill left his Drouin home on March 19 and picked up Ms Clay from her home in Pakenham in his white Toyota LandCruiser.

Ms Clay told friends she was going away and was expected to return home on March 28 or 29.

But instead, their campsite was found burnt out, with their mobile phones gone.

Investigators believe the pair may have met with foul play.

A Queensland quarantine hotel will remain in lockdown as health authorities investigate potential COVID-19 transmission inside the facility.

It comes just 36 hours after an unvaccinated Brisbane doctor tested positive to the virus after treating two infectious patients at the Princess Alexandra Hospital.

Officially, Queensland recorded one new local case of COVID-19 today, but this is thought to be an historic case and not related to the current outbreak.

READ MORE: Sydney hotel quarantine worker tests positive to COVID-19

However, Queensland health authorities are now investigating whether a returned traveller inside the Grand Chancellor Hotel who tested positive on their Day 12 exit test contracted the infection inside the hotel.

They had been staying on the same floor as the patient with the UK strain who was transferred to the Princess Alexandra, where they are believed to have infected the junior doctor.

It is the same quarantine hotel where an outbreak in January sent the whole of Brisbane into lockdown.

Urgent genome sequencing is now underway as health authorities work to determine whether the latest case's genome matches that of the original case.

In the meantime, the Grand Chancellor Hotel has been sent back into lockdown, with no new overseas travellers admitted and no current guests who have finished their 14-day quarantines released.

EARLIER: Unvaccinated Princess Alexandra doctor feared to have UK strain

There have been 5,026 tests in the past 24 hours, with Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk saying the next 48 will be "very crucial" in containing the fresh outbreak.

The three primary contacts of the PA doctor have all tested negative to COVID-19, but will remain in isolation for 14 days.

Testing of the doctor's 238 community contacts is underway.

PA doctor 'didn't routinely work in quarantine ward'

Queensland health minister Yvette D'Ath has again faced tough questioning over the state's vaccination program, after it was revealed that the junior registrar who contracted COVID-19 from a patient had not received her first dose of the vaccination.

Health Minister Yvette D'Ath said 1615 of the hospital's 3862 staff had received their first shot.

"We need to remind ourselves that we are only in week three of a national vaccination rollout," Ms D'Ath said, noting that no state or territory has completed Phase 1A inoculations of high-priority individuals.

READ MORE: States warn travellers from Brisbane high-risk locations to self isolate

The junior registrar is thought to have caught the virus from one of two patients brought in from hotel quarantine in the early hours of Wednesday, March 10.

She was not assigned to any particular ward and worked throughout the hospital.

"This particular doctor did not routinely work in the quarantine ward," Ms D'Ath said.

"She was called on at around 2.30am in the morning to assess a couple of arrivals from hotel quarantine who were showing symptoms."

Ms D'Ath also said it was "completely untrue" that the doctor could not have contracted the virus if she had received her first dose of the vaccine, noting that the vaccine would reduce the severity of the disease but did not stamp out transmission.

Pressure is mounting on New South Wales Police after two more public shootings in Sydney overnight.

The attacks, which took place in Earlwood and Roselands, have left two men in hospital and neighbours on edge.

Police, including the riot and dog squads, responded to a home on Barnes Avenue in Earlwood about 11.30pm on Saturday after reports of a shooting.

Officers found a 53-year-old man with multiple gunshot wounds to his stomach and leg.

A group of men had jumped the fence and fired several shots before leaving him for dead.

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He was treated at the scene by paramedics before being taken in a stable condition to St George Hospital for surgery.

The man suffered two gunshot wounds to the abdomen, four wounds to the left leg and also sustained a fractured femur.

A large crime scene was been established in the street, at the home and in a neighbouring park area.

Four hours later and less than 5km away in Roselands there was another shooting.

Police were called to Moorefields Road to find a 32-year-old man had been shot while sitting inside his car, the Holden Captiva hit with several bullets.

The man rushed to hospital for surgery.

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Detectives spent the day split between two crime scenes looking for clues.

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