Sydney police plan to use ‘extraordinary’ powers to search pro-Palestinian protesters and demand ID

NSW police could lock city down' for Hyde Park rally but commissioner says force won't go that far

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New South Wales police plan to use extraordinary powers" to search protesters without reason and arrest and charge people who refuse to identify themselves at Sunday's planned pro-Palestinian rally.

The premier, Chris Minns, has backed the police using the powers, saying they were justified given a pro-Palestine rally held on Monday descended into racism" and acts of violence" on the steps of the Sydney Opera House.

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