NSW protest restrictions extended for parts of Sydney with Invasion Day march set to proceed in CBD

Police commissioner Mal Lanyon says demonstration rules – imposed after Bondi attacks – have ‘taken heat out of the community’ The New South Wales police commissioner has extended a restriction on protests in Sydney for a third time, but narrowed the area it covers in a bid to get “the balance right between community safety and a right to protest” ahead of Invasion Day.On Tuesday afternoon, Mal Lanyon, said the restrictions would no longer include Hyde Park, allowing police to authorise the major annual Invasion Day protest to march from that location to Victoria Park on Monday. Continue reading...