NSW Police abandon bid to stop October 6 protest in Sydney
NSW police have abandoned a bid to stop a protest going ahead in Sydney’s CBD on October 6 – the eve of the anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel – after telling a court it could be a ‘tinder box’ for Sydney.
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I’ll quit if victim numbers don’t fall, says Crisafulli
Queensland election favourite David Crisafulli has pledged to resign as leader of the Liberal National Party if the number of crime victims do not fall during his first four-year term, if he is elected at the October 26 state poll.
Revealed: Iranian man behind Melbourne’s pro-Hezbollah rally
A pro-Hezbollah activist who led a march through Melbourne last weekend waving the terrorist group’s flag and chanting pro-Hamas and pro-Houthis slogans is an Iranian national who believes Australia is a pathetic ‘tyrannical terrorist regime’ | WATCH