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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Kris Swales

Afternoon Update: NSW protest laws take effect; Trump and Andrew in new Epstein files; and the Christmas weather forecast

NSW premier Chris Minns speaks to reporters in Sydney on Wednesday flanked by the state’s attorney general, Michael Daley, and police minister Yasmin Catley.
Chris Minns speaks to reporters in Sydney on Wednesday flanked by the NSW attorney general, Michael Daley, and thepolice minister, Yasmin Catley. Photograph: Dean Lewins/AAP

Good afternoon.

Chris Minns has said it is up to New South Wales’s police commissioner when to activate controversial new powers to ban protests – although the NSW premier made it clear he would like them activated quickly in the wake of the Bondi beach terror attack.

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