Pro-Palestine Protest in Sydney to Proceed on Oct 6
Pro-Palestine protest in Sydney to proceed on Oct 6 after deal with police
A pro-Palestine group will proceed with a protest rally in Sydney on Sunday after reaching an agreement with police who had asked a court to block planned protests on Oct. 6 and 7, citing safety concerns for the protesters and the wider community.
Sydney's Pro-Palestine rally to be held on Sunday but Monday protest to become a vigil
Officers took demonstrators to the NSW Supreme Court in a day of tense negotiations, which ended with an out-of-court compromise.
Pro-Palestine protesters cancel October 7 event in Sydney, events in Melbourne and Adelaide to go ahead
Pro-Palestine protest organisers have reportedly abandoned their plans to commemorate the anniversary of the October 7 Hamas attacks.
Australia tightens security ahead of Oct 6-7 pro-Palestine protests
Australian authorities said on Friday they would deploy more police personnel and tighten security measures ahead of pro-Palestine rallies in Sydney and Melbourne on Oct. 6, warning protesters there would be no tolerance of violence.
Sydney’s pro-Palestine rally proceeds after agreement with police
A pro-Palestine group in Sydney will proceed with a rally on Sunday after reaching an agreement with the police. Authorities had initially sought a court order to block protests on October 6 and 7, citing safety concerns.
Sydney Pro-Palestine protest, vigil to proceed after police drop case
NSW Police have dropped objections to pro-Palestine rally on Sunday after eleventh-hour negotiations. Protest organisers also say a planned vigil will go ahead on Monday.
NSW Police abandon bid to stop October 6 protest in Sydney despite ‘tinder box’ warning
NSW police have abandoned a bid to stop a protest going ahead in Sydney’s CBD on October 6 – the eve of the anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel – after telling a court it could be a “tinder box” for Sydney.
Australia news live: pro-Palestine protesters plan vigil on Monday as NSW force vows ‘high visibility’ policing of Sunday rally
Good morning and welcome to our live news blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the best of the overnight stories and then it’ll be Rafqa Touma bringing you the main action. We have a dramatic top story this morning after officers from the National Anti-Corruption Commission conducted a raid at Parliament House in Canberra as part of an ongoing operation – although it does not involve any current or former member of parliament.
Pro-Palestine protesters who blocked I-5 in Eugene take civil disobedience cases to trial
Twenty protesters who unfurled Palestinian flags and snarled traffic on southbound Interstate 5 for two hours earlier this year to bring attention to the Israel-Hamas war have torn up their plea deals and are taking the cases to trial.
Former Labor minister ‘worried’ about pro-Palestine protests scheduled for October 7
Former Labor minister Graham Richardson says he is “worried” about the pro-Palestine protests scheduled for October 7.
Pro-Palestinian protests to go ahead in Melbourne despite calls to abandon plans
Pro-Palestinian events in both Melbourne and Sydney will go ahead despite calls to have them shut down. In Sydney police launched a supreme court bid to stop the events, citing safety concerns. But, this afternoon,
Pro-Palestinian events in Sydney's CBD to go ahead after police withdraw NSW Supreme Court application
Pro-Palestinian events for Sunday and Monday in Sydney will go ahead, after both NSW Police and organisers reached a late ...
Man arrested after allegedly threatening people with a machete in Sydney's inner-west
A man has been arrested after allegedly threatening people with a machete in Sydney's inner west on Saturday morning.
NSW Premier Chris Minns accused of being ‘grossly insensitive’ over protest stance
Activists say NSW Premier Chris Minns is “grossly insensitive” for his hard line against planned pro-Palestine demonstrations ...
Illegal, indecent or essential: What happened to Australians’ right to protest?
As political debate reignites over October 7 protests and free speech, some seek to draw distinctions between the right to ...
Australia news live: Sydney vigil organisers abandon plans for pro-Palestine protest on 7 October in supreme court hearing
Can I just say this, it is apparent to me from the evidence that over the course of the last typical 51 weeks, the ...