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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Royce Kurmelovs

South Australia rushes through anti-protest laws as activists rally outside oil and gas conference

Extinction Rebellion protest outside the Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association conference in Adelaide on Thursday. The SA premier, Peter Malinauskas, has denied the new anti-protest laws are targeted at a specific group of protesters.
Extinction Rebellion protest outside the Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association conference in Adelaide on Thursday. The SA premier, Peter Malinauskas, has denied the new anti-protest laws are targeted at a specific group of protesters. Photograph: Matt Turner/AAP

South Australia has rushed through anti-protest laws less than a day after a rally outside the annual oil and gas conference in Adelaide briefly closed traffic.

The extraordinary move – which appears to have been hashed out on talkback radio on Thursday morning – comes after the mining and energy minister, Tom Koutsantonis, told the industry the state government was “at your service”.

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