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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Cait Kelly

Minns invokes special powers for NSW police to restrict protests during Israeli president’s visit

From left: Police Minister Yasmin Catley, Premier Chris Minns and Multiculturalism Minister Steve Kamper, Saturday 7 February 2026
The NSW premier, Chris Minns (centre), speaks alongside the police minister, Yasmin Catley, and the multiculturalism minister, Steve Kamper. The state has invoked extra police powers in anticipation of next week’s visit by the Israeli president, Isaac Herzog. Photograph: Minns Protest Presser/AAP

The NSW government has invoked special powers ahead of the Israeli president’s visit next week with the premier, Chris Minns, warning would-be protesters that police will not allow “conflict on Sydney streets”.

But 13 state and federal NSW MPs have written to the police commissioner, Mal Lanyon, appealing for him to work with protest organisers to facilitate a planned assembly and march from Town Hall to state parliament.

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