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Minns government undermined own goal with NSW protest restrictions, constitutional challenge hears

globalFebruary 26, 2026
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Minns government undermined own goal with NSW protest restrictions, constitutional challenge hears
Lawyer for protest groups argues state needs to prove it was ‘rational to prevent all protests’ to achieve social cohesion
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Lawyer for protest groups argues state needs to prove it was ‘rational to prevent all protests’ to achieve social cohesion

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Lawyers for three protest groups have argued a Minns government law which effectively banned marches in Sydney’s CBD made its own objective of enhancing social cohesion “worse”.

On Thursday the NSW court of appeal heard the constitutional challenge against the anti-protest law, which was passed in the wake of the Bondi terror.

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Source: Guardian - World News

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