Activists try to unfurl 'Evacuate Manus' banner on Opera House

By Saimi Jeong
Updated November 10 2017 - 1:48am, first published 1:45am
At 10:30 am activists tried to unfurl a protest banner over the west-facing sail of the Sydney Opera House with personal banners calling to #EvacuateManus. Pictured are the two protestors arrested. Thursday 9th November 2017. Photograph by James Brickwood. SMH NEWS 171109
At 10:30 am activists tried to unfurl a protest banner over the west-facing sail of the Sydney Opera House with personal banners calling to #EvacuateManus. Pictured are the two protestors arrested. Thursday 9th November 2017. Photograph by James Brickwood. SMH NEWS 171109
At 10:30 am activists tried to unfurl a protest banner over the west-facing sail of the Sydney Opera House with personal banners calling to #EvacuateManus. Pictured are the two protestors arrested. Thursday 9th November 2017. Photograph by James Brickwood. SMH NEWS 171109
At 10:30 am activists tried to unfurl a protest banner over the west-facing sail of the Sydney Opera House with personal banners calling to #EvacuateManus. Pictured are the two protestors arrested. Thursday 9th November 2017. Photograph by James Brickwood. SMH NEWS 171109
At 10:30 am activists tried to unfurl a protest banner over the west-facing sail of the Sydney Opera House with personal banners calling to #EvacuateManus. Pictured are the two protestors arrested. Thursday 9th November 2017. Photograph by James Brickwood. SMH NEWS 171109
At 10:30 am activists tried to unfurl a protest banner over the west-facing sail of the Sydney Opera House with personal banners calling to #EvacuateManus. Pictured are the two protestors arrested. Thursday 9th November 2017. Photograph by James Brickwood. SMH NEWS 171109

A group of activists climbed the Sydney Opera House on Thursday morning and tried to unfurl a banner displaying the words "Evacuate Manus #BringThemHere".