NSW to effectively ban protests for up to three months as premier links Gaza rallies to Bondi terror attack

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Source: theguardian.com
NSW to effectively ban protests for up to three months as premier links Gaza rallies to Bondi terror attack

Chris Minns says state ‘can’t risk another mass demonstration on that scale in NSW [because] the implications can be seen, in my view, on Sunday’

The New South Wales premier wants parliament to grant his government “extraordinary powers” to effectively ban protests for three months, claiming the “implications” of pro-Palestine rallies could be seen in the Bondi terror attack that killed 15 people.

Chris Minns on Friday said when a terrorism designation was in place, the police, with the agreement of the minister, “will be able to declare a specific area where the public assemblies are restricted for a period of time”.

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