The unrest began in the capital after hundreds of police officers, soldiers, prison staff and public servants walked off their jobs in protest over a pay dispute.
Paramedics said they'd been called to treat victims of shootings and an explosion amid a "significant emergency situation", and the Australian High Commission stepped up security measures.
Ruling in response to a lawsuit filed by the Justice Ministry, the court labelled what the suit called the LGBTQ+ "movement" operating in Russia as an extremist organisation and banned it.
Victorian teachers have been warned against airing their personal political views inside the schoolyard after dozens of Melbourne teachers joined pro-Palestine action.
A handful of protesters chained themselves to temporary fences in Melbourne as others yelled '"Free Palestine" and held signs that read "Stop the genocide".
Police arrested 34 people overnight after up to 500 people looted shops, set fire to vehicles and threw rocks at crowd control officers equipped with helmets and shields.
Pro-Palestine protesters took their movement to Sydney's east today, attempting to block the arrival of a vessel at Port Botany owned by an Israeli trade company.
Thousands of supporters of Israel and Palestine took to the streets of Sydney and Melbourne today as the Israeli Priminister declared the beginning of a "second stage" in the war against Hamas.
Hundreds of people have marched through Sydney in protest against the Opera House being lit up in blue and white in support of Israel following attacks by militant group Hamas.