Jewish MP’s appeal to ban Palestinian road convoys in Sydney deemed unworkable by NSW government

NSW will not intervene to block pro-Palestine road convoys, the state’s road minister has said, despite claims the protests aim to ‘create a climate of fear’. Photograph: Richard Milnes/Shutterstock

The New South Wales roads minister, John Graham, says the state government will not intervene to prevent pro-Palestinian road convoys in response to calls for a ban from federal Liberal backbencher Julian Leeser.

In a letter to the Minns government, Leeser, who is Jewish, said he was concerned about the emergence of vehicle protests in recent weeks.