Overview

• The hearing follows a police summons seeking to prevent the October 12 rally from concluding on the Sydney Opera House forecourt.
• Justice Desmond Fagan has called the venue problematic and warned turnout could far exceed organisers’ estimate of 10,000.
• Police counsel told the court the forecourt was designed for about 6,000 people, citing capacity and public safety risks.
• Organiser Damien Ridgewell said the event would be a mass peaceful gathering, noting more than 100 prior demonstrations without incident.
• The NSW Jewish Board of Deputies and the Executive Council of Australian Jewry have lodged evidence and will ask to be heard, while Premier Chris Minns backs the police position.