Legal Advice Warned Against Banning ‘Intifada’ Event From Council Venue
Moore said the forum could fuel unrest as Jewish groups warned the phrase was a call to violence against Jewish Australians.
- On Tuesday, Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore canceled a 'Stop the War on Palestine' forum scheduled at a council-owned venue, citing 'heightened anxiety' and the need to balance free speech with public safety.
- Moore's decision followed intense pressure from Premier Chris Minns and a 'persistent media campaign' against the event, which organizers planned to discuss the phrase 'Globalise the Intifada'.
- Organizers revealed the forum would proceed regardless at the Charles Kernan Reserve in Darlington, while the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies welcomed the cancellation, stating the phrase calls for violence.
- Supported by Liberals, Premier Minns is pursuing state legislation to intervene in council venue usage, having previously called the phrase 'antithetical' to community values and vowed to ban it.
- Despite the cancellation, legal advice suggested the council lacked grounds to block the event due to constitutional protection of political communication, as the debate continues amid the Royal Commission on Antisemitism.
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The AgeLegal advice warned against banning ‘intifada’ event from council venue
The lord mayor bowed to media pressure to cancel an activist forum on “why it’s right to say globalise the intifada” from a Sydney council venue despite legal warnings.
Clover Moore capitulates, cancels 'Globalise the Intifada' debate
Clover Moore capitulates to Murdoch media and Minns, cancels today’s Sydney debate on ‘Globalise the Intifada’. Andrew Brown writes on the impact of cancel culture. What Comes After the Words There is a particular kind of cowardice that wears the mask of governance. It does not arrive announcing itself. It arrives incrementally, each step dressed in the language of safety, of balance, of community cohesion, of protecting the vulnerable. By the t…
Sydney Mayor cancels ‘Globalise the Intifada’ event amid backlash
Subhead:Pressure from community leaders forces Sydney council to scrap controversial forum.# Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore has cancelled a controversial forum promoting the phrase “Globalise the Intifada”, citing growing community concern while accusing sections of the media of fuelling division. The event, which had been scheduled for Tuesday evening in a City of Sydney building, was advertised as “why it's right to say: globalise the Intifa…
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