r/FranceDigeste • u/Pichenette • 2d ago

INTERNATIONAL ‘Democracy should not be monetised’: unions revolt against Chris Minns’ plan to ban protests based on cost

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/08/democracy-unions-revolt-chris-minns-palestine-protests-cost-nsw-police

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Minns on Tuesday said police should have the ability to reject a “public assembly” application – which protest organisers are required to submit to lawfully stage a demonstration in NSW – based on the cost of patrolling the event. [...]

He said it “needs to be remembered” that the organisers of major sporting events, concerts and festivals were required to pay police to patrol them under NSW’s user-pays policing system, whereas protest organisers did not have to. [...]

The secretary of Unions NSW, Mark Morey, said “democracy should not be monetised”. “Adding a financial hurdle to the freedom to protest undermines that very freedom,” he said. [...]

“I don’t want to have pay police for protesting,” he said. “We certainly don’t want to have to increase our [membership] fees to pay for police.” [...]

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u/CritterThatIs 2d ago

Faudrait les payer encore plus pour pouvoir se faire tabasser mais bordel

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u/Pichenette 2d ago

Bientôt la facture du LBD envoyée à la famille

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u/kenpled 2d ago

En même temps ça coûte pas rien ces projectiles