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Campaigners are planning a gathering in Sydney this evening. Follow today’s news live
A pro-Palestine vigil is expected to take place tonight in Sydney, from 6pm at Town Hall in the CBD.
At a press conference yesterday afternoon, assistant commissioner Peter McKenna said there was no form 1 in place but police would “still be negotiating heavily with the organisers”.
If you come along and do the right thing – don’t commit offences, don’t obstruct people, don’t obstruct roadways … then there’ll be no need for us to intercede.
If, however, people commit offences – criminal offences, or anti-social behaviour, or do anything that we think puts anyone in harm’s way – we won’t hesitate to take action if they do.
People are allowed to walk around the CBD, people are allowed to hold public assemblies. They’ve got a democratic right to protest in Australia.
For their loved ones, this past year must have felt like an eternity – the agony of waiting and not knowing, or of having the terrible truth confirmed.
We unequivocally condemn all prejudice and hatred. There is no place in Australia for discrimination against people of any faith … We recognise the distress the conflict has caused here in Australia … The number of civilians who have lost their lives is a devastating tragedy.
Today, we reflect on the truth of our shared humanity, of the hope that peace is possible, and the belief that it belongs to all people.
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