Australia news live: NSW upper house passes gun and protest law; database to log all hate crime charges

Marathon session of legislative council sees legislation pass into law; Tony Burke launches tracker to help enable ‘evidence-based’ actionGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe New South Wales Minns Labor government has passed controversial changes to gun laws and new powers for police to ban street protests for up to three months, after a marathon debate in the upper house.The laws, which were drafted in response to the 14 December massacre at Sydney’s Bondi beach in which two gunmen fired on a Hanukah event, killing 15 people, were voted through at 2.51am on Wednesday. Continue reading...