NSW protest bill leaves Labor wedged between a roadblock and a hard place
by Michael McGowan from World news | The Guardian on (#5XRMN)
Sydney media's reactionary momentum machine can help explain crackdown on climate activists
On Wednesday night, as the New South Wales parliament debated a bill that makes blocking roads in the state a jail-worthy offence, the independent MP for Sydney, Alex Greenwich, asked, rhetorically, what had prompted the government's urgency to pass the legislation.
The bill had been introduced into the parliament late on Wednesday afternoon, with the Coalition providing a one-page brief and no forewarning to the crossbench.
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