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Australians have been outraged by the piles of rubbish left after Mardi Gras and even made a drastic call to ban the annual parade.
A video posted on TikTok showed a Sydney street littered with rubbish, including a car covered in rubbish, after Saturday’s parade passed by.
“Note to self: If there’s ever Mardi Gras, don’t park your car on the street,” the person who recorded the video said with a laugh.
Social media users were up in arms at what they saw and many criticized the state of the street.
Some Australians are calling for Sydney’s annual Mardi Gras parade (pictured) to be banned due to their outrage at the “absolute filth” it took place on Saturday night.
“Mardi Gras banned, I don’t know how to act in public,” one wrote.
“I hope the Mardi Gras organizers foot the bill for this cleanup,” said another.
“How can people leave their city like that?” added a third, while another said he was almost fined for two Coca-Cola cans thrown at an event for 60 people they organized.
“Mardi Gras organizers should be massively fined for this,” he said.
Some claimed that previous Mardi Gras celebrations had been cleaner.
“Shows how downhill Mardi Gras has come,” one wrote.
‘Forty years ago, the crowd and participants collected all the rubbish. Not now,” added another.
‘This is absolutely disgusting. No matter who you are, clean up after yourself,” wrote a third.
There were some positive comments with one commenter saying “it looks like it was a good night.”
The parade was called a “success” despite pro-Palestinian protesters hijacking part of the night and disrupting the event just meters from New South Wales Premier Chris Minns.
“We banned Mardi Gras, I don’t know how to act in public,” wrote one disgruntled commenter beneath a video showing trash littered in the street and on top of cars (pictured).
“I hope the Mardi Gras organizers foot the bill for this cleanup,” wrote another
Another asked: “How can people leave their city like that?” The photo shows the trash left after the parade.
Tensions in the run-up to the NSW Police’s participation in the parade culminated in a positive reception when uniformed police flanked plainclothes gay and lesbian liaison officers marching alongside Commissioner Karen Webb and Minister police officer Yasmin Catley.
‘Yesterday’s celebration was a great example of a successful Mardi Gras event. “The majority of people behaved well and enjoyed the event safely and responsibly,” said operation commander, NSW Police Deputy Commissioner Anthony Cooke.
An estimated 120,000 spectators and 12,500 participants attended the event, police said.