Documents reveal ‘scramble’ to rubber-stamp NSW bill targeting climate protests
by Michael McGowan and Tamsin Rose from World news | The Guardian on (#66GTA)
Emails show how NSW premier Dominic Perrottet's advisers, along with several other ministers, sought to fast-track bill after media furore
The bill that led to climate activist Deanna Violet' Coco being jailed for 15 months had not even made it through the New South Wales parliament in April when the offices of multiple ministers were pushing to have it rubber-stamped by the state's governor.
Documents obtained by the Guardian reveal how the governor, Margaret Beazley, agreed to return to her office about 11pm after a function in April to sign off on the laws after a senior public servant complained he was copping it from absolutely every direction".
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