After blows to his anti-protest laws, Minns considers retreat from ‘globalise the intifada’ ban
The NSW premier, who was unequivocal in the wake of the Bondi terror attack, has now linked the fate of his state's laws with those of the Queensland legal challenge
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The New South Wales premier, Chris Minns, has said he will only ban the slogan globalise the intifada" if a potential constitutional challenge to a similar ban in Queensland is unsuccessful, the strongest indication yet that the state government may not seek to proscribe the contested phrase at all.
Minns was unequivocal about his intention to ban what he described as hateful, violent rhetoric" following the Bondi terror attack in December, but sent the issue to a parliamentary inquiry, which he said would enable legislation to be introduced when parliament returned in February.
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