• Reports indicate that multiple civil society groups in Canada and the USA, including Children’s Health Defense and Teachers for Choice, will join the international call for protests under the banner ‘SOS Australia’ on November 4. Protests will be held outside the Australian Consulate General in multiple cities in both countries throughout the day.
• Details regarding the exact protest locations and timings are as follows:  
  

  Country	City	Location	Time (local)
  Canada	Toronto, ON	175 Bloor Street East	12:00
  USA	Chicago, IL	123 North Wacker Drive, Suite 1330	12:00
  USA	Houston, TX	3009 Post Oak Blvd, Suite 1310	12:00
  USA	Los Angeles, CA	2029 Century Park East, 31st Floor	12:00
  USA	New York City, NY	150 East 42nd Street, 34th Floor	16:00
  USA	San Francisco, CA	575 Market Street, Suite 1800	12:00
  USA	Washington, DC	1145 17th St NW	12:00

• The protests have been organized to denounce COVID-19-related domestic and international travel measures adopted by the Australian government, especially vaccine mandates, lockdowns, and travel restrictions, widely perceived as a violation of citizens’ human rights. 

1. Based on social media estimates, the slated protests are likely to draw varying turnouts ranging in the low-to-mid hundreds, with protests in New York City and Washington, DC liable to draw the largest attendance. 
2. Although the demonstrations are likely to transpire largely peacefully, a bolstered security enforcement is liable in the vicinity of the abovementioned protest locations. 
3. Localized disruptions to pedestrian and vehicular traffic can be expected in the vicinity of the protest locations during the slated timings.  

Those operating or residing in the abovementioned cities of Canada and the USA on December 4 are advised to allot for disruptions to travel in the vicinity of the abovementioned locations during the slated timings.