Sydney caravan incident sparks inquiry into ‘who knew what and when’ before rushed hate speech laws

Investigation will not examine whether laws should be repealed, despite crossbench members' concerns they may have been misled'

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The New South Wales parliament will hold an upper house inquiry into who knew what and when" about the caravan that was found laden with explosives on the outskirts of Sydney ahead of controversial legislation passing parliament.

The motion for the inquiry - which was moved by independent MP Rod Roberts and supported by the opposition, the Greens, and two members of the crossbench - passed on Wednesday.

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