Overview
- NSW will lobby the Commonwealth to deploy defence personnel for New Year’s Eve, with the police commissioner to detail additional powers for the operation.
- NSW Police will field more visible long‑arm firearms on Sydney streets over the holiday period to deter further threats.
- The government is considering expanding the Community Security Group’s ability to carry weapons at public events; CSG already carries pistols at schools and synagogues and had sought continuous police presence before the Bondi celebration.
- Chris Minns acknowledged the government failed to protect Jewish Australians on December 14 and said the priority is to rebuild Jewish life in Sydney.
- Beyond recently passed hate‑speech, firearms and protest measures, the government is preparing legislation to target hate preachers and to quickly shut unapproved prayer halls by cutting utilities, following a local move to close the Al Madina Dawah Centre.