Overview

• NSW Police will seek to withdraw the Part 6A emergency powers charge and instead allege a standard refusal to comply with a move-on direction under Part 14 of LEPRA at the next court appearance.
• Assistant Commissioner Brett McFadden initiated the charge review on June 30 as part of critical incident protocols and confirmed the additional move-on offence was filed on July 7.
• The investigation remains active under Law Enforcement Conduct Commission oversight following Thomas’s serious eye injury during her arrest at a 60-person protest in Belmore.
• Thomas is recovering in hospital and is scheduled for a second eye surgery this week as she faces risks of permanent vision loss in her right eye.
• Greens MLC Sue Higginson has lodged a formal complaint with the LECC alleging unlawful or retrospective use of emergency powers, and civil-liberties advocates are calling for repeal of expanded anti-protest laws.