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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Anne Davies

NSW councils to be given powers to shut down ‘factories of hate’ as Minns targets unlawful places of worship

Chris Minns
NSW premier Chris Minns plans to give councils more powers to shut down unlawful places of worship. Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP

The Minns government plans to give New South Wales councils stronger powers to shut down unlawful places of worship as part of a crackdown on “factories of hate” in the wake of the Bondi terror attack last month.

The new laws – announced on Monday – aim to clarify the power to shut down premises and will introduce bigger fines, along with the power to cut off utilities to places that continue to operate in breach of a shut down order.

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