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NSW Police have said a planned pro-Palestine rally for this Sunday is “unauthorised” because the form one was submitted too late to be considered appropriately.
Earlier, NSW police minister Yasmin Catley said if a second pro-Palestine rally was to go ahead in Sydney that organisers would need to submit a form one and “if it isn’t [granted it] will be considered unlawful, which will mean that people can be arrested”.
NSW Police have now confirmed while the group has submitted a form one for Sunday, it was outside the 7-day timing limit for them to “consider it appropriately”.
Q: So it will not be happening?
NSW police officer:
It is unauthorised at this stage.
It was not submitted to us in the appropriate timeframe. Organisers might decide to move it and if that is the case, there will be considerations…
NSW Police said they “do not have the powers to stop people attending Town Hall”.
He said if a protest is authorised police can “protect the participants from certain offences in relation to the obstruction of traffic, blocking the roadways and doing a number of other things”.
Where a protest is unauthorised, people who meet for that purpose do not meet those protections.
Police added that because the form one was not submitted in time:
That gives us the opportunity of taking them to the Supreme Court to have that assembly determined to be unlawful.
Updated at 19.46 EDT8m ago19.40 EDT
NSW police has announced the commencement of “operation shelter” to coordinate the police response to future protests in the state, after the pro-Palestine rally in Sydney on Monday night.
Speaking to the media, a NSW police officer said the operation will:
Capture all intelligence available to us in relation to community sentiment, potential protest activity and potential demonstrations that might take…
2023-10-10 18:34:32
Original from www.theguardian.com