Advocates for the Voice were told they could not hand out printed material at Circular Quay and Darling Harbour, but Planning Minister Paul Scully has admitted this was a mistake.
NSW bureaucrats have apologised after rangers ordered Yes campaigners to stop distributing flyers and move on while canvassing support for the Indigenous Voice to parliament in Sydney’s CBD.
“Placemaking NSW advises me that this was a mistake and sincerely apologise,” Scully said. “The NSW government supports the Voice to parliament and I urge people to vote yes on October 14.” Josh Pallas, president of the NSW Council for Civil Liberties, called for an assurance all rangers, police and other authorised officers will refrain from moving along any referendum campaigners, and urgent changes to the Placemaking NSW regulations to carve out an exemption for activities that constitute political communication.
“We are alarmed by these actions on behalf of the state which are fundamentally undemocratic and a Draconian breach of civil liberties.”The regulations prohibit a wide range of activities on public land managed by Placemaking NSW, including climbing trees, bathing or swimming, attaching signs or decorations to buildings, flying drones, playing golf, using obscene language, conducting exercise classes and many others. Public assemblies or rallies are also banned.
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