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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
National
Peter Brewer

Brace yourselves: Police say protesters aim to return at budget time

Deputy Commissioner Neil Gaughan says police intelligence points to protest resuming in Canberra in late March. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

Canberrans have been warned to brace themselves for the return of protest activity next month, with police intelligence indicating that the type of protest activity from recent weeks will resume in late March to coincide with the budget sittings of Federal Parliament.

In the ACT Assembly committee inquiry into police annual reporting, Chief Police Officer Neil Gaughan confirmed that his operational resources were being prepared for the anti-vaccine-mandate and sovereign citizen protesters to return, adding that the Canberra public could reasonably expect disruptions from next month.

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