Minns doubles down on ‘rational’ anti-protest law despite NSW’s highest court ruling it unconstitutional

Chris Minns has said his government is studying the court of appeal’s judgment striking down anti-protest laws introduced after the Bondi beach terror attack. Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAP

The New South Wales premier has doubled down on an anti-protest law struck down in the state’s highest court last week, defending the legislation introduced by his government as “rational and proportionate”.

But advocates for protesters charged at demonstrations restricted under the laws have criticised Chris Minns’ comments, calling them a “extraordinary attack” on the judiciary.