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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Penry Buckley

Police planned to disperse Isaac Herzog protest in Sydney if crowd hit 6,000, encrypted messages suggest

NSW police officers during a protest at Sydney town hall in February against Israeli president Isaac Herzog’s visit to Australia
NSW police officers during a protest at Sydney town hall in February against Israeli president Isaac Herzog’s visit to Australia. Photograph: Blake Sharp-Wiggins/The Guardian

Police planned to disperse the crowd at a Sydney protest against the visiting Israeli president, Isaac Herzog, if it exceeded 6,000 people, according to correspondence between senior New South Wales public servants.

The messages released under freedom of information (FoI) laws contain information not referenced in public comments by the NSW premier, Chris Minns, and the police commissioner, Mal Lanyon.

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