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Asked about the NSW opposition’s proposals to clamp down on repeat protests, Minns appeared open to collaboration and said the state could not risk another mass demonstration.
“I think there’s a general agreement, clearly from the opposition, that the temperature has been way too high,” he said. “When you see people marching and showing violent, bloody images, images of death and destruction, it’s unleashing something in our community that the organisers of the protest can’t contain.
“The truth of the matter is: we can’t risk another mass demonstration on that scale in NSW,” he said, referring to the Harbour Bridge protest for Gaza that Minns and NSW Police did not support.
“My views about that particular march are really well-known. I opposed it. Police opposed it. I made it clear it wasn’t consistent with community harmony.“
He said numerous people disagreed with him, “including people who approached that issue with goodwill, who had been appalled by what happened on Sunday.”
