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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Jordyn Beazley

Palestine Action Group launches legal challenge against controversial NSW laws restricting protests

Josh Lees from the Palestine Action Group, speaks in front of representatives of nine civil society organisations as he announces a constitutional challenge regarding protesting laws at the Supreme Court of NSW
Josh Lees, a spokesperson for Palestine Action Group, accused the NSW government of rushing the laws through parliament ‘based on lies and deception’. Photograph: David Gray/AFP/Getty Images

A legal challenge has been launched against controversial New South Wales laws aimed at curbing antisemitism and which give police broad powers to restrict protests near places of worship.

The Palestine Action Group filed the challenge in the NSW supreme court on Monday, arguing in the statement of claim that the laws were invalid because the change “impermissibly burdens the implied [commonwealth] constitutional freedom of communication on government or political matters”.

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