NSW premier says police commissioner to decide when to use state’s new protest ban powers
by Anne Davies from World news | The Guardian on (#72CB7)
Introduced in response to the Bondi beach terror attack, the laws give police powers to ban on protests for up to three months after a terrorist event
The New South Wales premier, Chris Minns, has said it is up to the state's police commissioner, Mal Lanyon, when to activate controversial new powers to ban protests - although he made it clear he would like them triggered quickly.
The new laws, were assented to on Wednesday after being passed in a late-night sitting of the NSW upper house and affirmed on Wednesday morning by the lower house.
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