The huge Harbour Bridge march shows people have had a gutful of seeing starving children in Gaza. Politicians need to catch up

Pro-Palestine marchers on the Sydney Harbour Bridge. ‘The legal right to protest is fundamental to the proper functioning of our democracy,’ Anne Davies writes. Photograph: David Gray/AFP/Getty Images

The New South Wales premier risks going down in history as the most conservative premier of the modern era.

Renowned for his political nous, slick media management, urbane delivery and ability to tamp down controversy, Chris Minns is perennially attuned to the loud voices of the shock jocks on Sydney radio and in the Murdoch media.