Liberal senator claims there has been a ‘mutation of Islam’ in Australia. Follow today’s news live
Minns says further protest changes will reduce ‘unnecessary burden’ of CBD protests
The NSW premier, Chris Minns, says further anti-protest legislation will reduce the “unnecessary burden” on policing for CBD protests, in addition to controversial laws restricting protests following terrorist attacks rushed through parliament following the Bondi massacre.
We’re looking to change aspects of the law that we think are just putting an unnecessary burden on safety and security in a big city like Sydney, and I understand and I accept and I think it’s important to have public demonstrations in a big city like Sydney.
I’ve never said the opposite, but there’s also got to be an understanding that the highest and most important obligation of a government is to protect its citizens, and when you’ve got literally thousands of NSW police that need to be deployed to marshal or protect public assemblies at the expense of investigating domestic violence offences or keeping the rest of the community safe.
You can’t deport citizens, so you need to find ways to fix it. You can try to cut off their money or you can try to improve their humanity … remove some of these teachings and preaching that seeks to murder fellow Australians …
Unfortunately, there has been a mutation of Islam in Australia and other Western countries where they have sought to kill other citizens … And I think that’s something that needs to be completely removed from our society.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/jan/28/australia-news-live-anthony-albanese-timor-leste-heatwave-nsw-bushfires-victoria-weather-liberals-leadership-sussan-ley-andrew-hastie-angus-taylor-ntwnfb
Author : Caitlin Cassidy
Publish date : 2026-01-27 21:15:00
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