Tensions are already high in Canberra, as hundreds of pro-Tibetan and pro-Chinese activists converge on the city centre for the torch relay.
There has already been seven arrests - a demonstrator taken into custody for interfering with an event.
The first four arrested were all males and were taken in for interfering with a major event.
Details on the other three have not yet been released.
Hundreds of pro-China demonstrators have also turned up to line the run.
Heavy barricades have been set up to protect the 16 kilometre torch route, and hundreds of police deployed.
Co Chair of the Torch Relay Taskforce Ted Quinlan says they're prepared for anything.
“We’ve got all of the security strategies in place that we think ought to be in place. We’ve got our continuances worked out but we can’t guarantee what the crowd size or the crowd behaviour is going to be.”