Good Evening. This is ABC News. I'm Jefferson Dufflecoat. It is 6pm AEDT, 5:30pm in South Australia, 5pm in Queensland, 4:30pm in the NT and 3pm in Western Australia.

Our main story tonight concerns the ongoing plans by the former members of the Youth Advisary Group and young people around the country to hold a day of protest this Friday and potentially disrupt the President's speech and handover to the Youmaton Government, as well as a planned blockade of the Port of Melbourne. Here are the developments that have happened since the shocking announcement. Reaction around the country has been a mixture of shock, understanding, reconcilliation and in some cases, encouragement of the protestors and their aims as both MP's and protestors start to head towards Canberra for the President's Speech.

The Governments response was released with a tone of reconcilliation but initial reactions to the message amongst the former members of the Youth Advisory Group have mostly been negative. While no member of the Youth Advisory Group was willing to publicly comment on the statement, one member, on the condition of anonimity, told ABC News "First they won't listen to us, then they use us for their own political gain, now they won't even let us resign! It's madness!". Other members however met the statement with cautious optimisim with another member saying "It's a start, but we've heard words like this ever since the group was formed so forgive me if we say "We'll believe it when we see it""

The call to call off the blockade of the Port of Melbourne has garnered a more positive reaction for the Government however, social media suggests the Olive Branches extended by both the Prime Minister and Melbourne MP Rook_Wilt1 has caused a split amongst the organisers of the Port blockade with some saying that "We should give them a chance to show they're genuine" while others dismissed the olive branch and agreed with the comments of NSW Senator TheSensibleCentre, saying that the Prime Minister and the member for Melbourne "are only saying that because they're scared that the bottom line may be threatened" and that continued pressure and the blockade will cause further concessions. The Port Authorities in Melbourne has begun making preperations for the planned protest, extra security has been requested for Friday and barricades have begun to be errected to try and ensure the continued movement of traffic in and out of the port. In a media conference this afternoon Port Authority Head of Security Daniel Winters echoed the sentiments of the Prime Minister, supporting the youth's right to protest but if they choose to block the flow of traffic they will be dealt with to the harshest extremes of the law. Lingiari MP model-jordology has cancelled his NT Tour in order to facillitate a meeting with the former members of the group from his home territory, the members were quick to accept but when contacted by ABC News stated caution in their hopes it would change the feelings of Young people who had been ignored by government.

Spokesperson for the former NT members Aurora Rowland told ABC News that while the three members acknowledge that model-jordology was the catalyst behind the Youth Advisory group coming to be, they are only one person and that the majority still ignores the plight of young people and they would need more on board with jordology's views.

When it came to the President's Speech, Ms. Rowland did confirm the MP's media release that the planned disruption was not discussed and that they would take what they talked about back to the other members of the resigned group before deciding on what the next steps will be.

Meanwhile in South Australia, the mood was more mixed after the comments by Mayo MP and SA-Best party member slow-passenger-1542. Even amongst the former state members of the Advisory Group there was division when contacted by ABC News. Isla Levitt told ABC News that the MP's words were welcome and showed that they were willing to listen to the concerns of youth, while fellow member Ryder Smithers said the comments calling on the new government to take action were laughable considering "It took something like this for people to start actually want to listen to us". Overall though, the comments appear to have had mostly the same effect as the NT in calming the mood in creating a wait and see approach, albeit a tenser calm than in the NT.

While tensions appear to be easing somewhat in the NT as organisers of the protest in Darwin await to see what the future will bring, the same can not be held true in New South Wales and Canberra where extra members of the Australian Federal Police have been called in to be at Parliament House on Friday night to observe the protests and ensure the Presdient's Speech procedes without inturuption.

A spokesperson for the AFP told ABC News that while no plans are in place to disrupt or move the protest along as of yet, comments attributed to the Senator for New South Wales, TheSensibleCentre and Spokesperson for the Commonwealth Party, ohlookanedgymeme have encouraged more young people to attend the protest and potentially cause issues so it was prudent to ensure the House and its members were adaquetly protected.

The comments from TheSensibleCentre have galvanised protest support amongst young people in New South Wales and there are fears this evening that the situation in the nation's largest state may escalate. As well as the planned peaceful protest in Sydney there are posts going through social media planning a further protest and blockade to be held at the Port of Newcastle. The posts heavily echo the words of the New South Wales Senator when they said "The PM does not intend to listen, unless you make her" While there have been smatterings about a protest at the High Court, for now the organisers of the Canberra protests and the Youth Group members have held most of the planned protestors together on the Parliament House protest, saying that "We don't want to spread ourselves to the point they can remove us"

The comments from the Senator and the former members of the Youth Advisory Group however have galvanised the nation in another way as well. ABC News can reveal that a counter protest is being organised to "ensure democracy will continue".

The organisers of the counter protests, calling themselves the "Sovereign Protectors of Australia" are mobilising members through social media and have organised advertisements to run in newspapers around the country tomorrow calling on "All believers in the steady flow of democracy" to "Give these entitled brats what their parents should have given them while they were growing up, a taste of discipline".

In response to this planned counter protest and the tensions buliding as people come to Canberra, the ACT Government has released an advisory message on their website, advising "People planning to attend Parliament House for the President's Speech to reconsider their plans as your safety can not be assured by police and security"

As always we will continue to monitor the story and provide updates as they come to hand.