Questions raised over whether premier and Yasmin Catley misled parliament over Dural caravan plot as Labor rushed through hate speech and places of worship laws
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There are mounting calls for an inquiry into whether the New South Wales premier, Chris Minns, and his police minister misled MPs and the public before controversial hate speech and religious worship bills were rushed through state parliament.
In February, NSW Labor passed a suite of reforms aimed at curbing antisemitism amid a spate of arson and graffiti attacks which culminated with an explosives-laden caravan being found on Sydney’s outskirts. The government did not directly point to the caravan plot as the reason for the bill.
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