Overview

• Intelligence points to four rival groups, including far-right National Socialist Network members and far-left opponents, seeking confrontation on Saturday.
• Officers will deploy specialist units such as the Public Order Response Team, Mounted Branch and Critical Incident Response Team, with arrests promised for anyone causing violence.
• The CBD has been declared a designated area granting searches for weapons and directions to remove face coverings within the zone bordered by Flinders, Spring, La Trobe and Spencer streets.
• Police say Camp Sovereignty’s safety is a priority after the August 31 attack that injured people, with seven men charged, including Thomas Sewell, and an admission that no prior intelligence flagged that assault.
• About 20 people arrested over the August 31 unrest are now banned from the CBD on bail, and the public is warned to expect heavy disruptions and plan travel rather than avoid the city.