Overview
- NSW Police will stage a high‑visibility operation at the SCG with uniformed and mounted officers plus Public Order and Riot Squad members carrying long‑arm rifles.
- Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon said the stronger presence aims to help patrons feel safe, with officers otherwise targeting antisocial and unsafe behaviour as usual.
- Assistant Commissioner Leanne McCusker stated that there is no active or imminent threat and noted PORS officers have long been trained to use rifles.
- Cricket Australia will honour first responders and community members before play with a guard of honour and a round of applause for their actions at Bondi.
- Similar rifle-carrying patrols were used at the MCG Boxing Day Test and during Sydney’s New Year’s Eve operation, while seven victims remain hospitalised and accused gunman Naveed Akram faces 59 charges.