The New South Wales Speaker said he was aware of Saturday’s rally outside parliament on Saturday before it happened, but was told his request to move the protest back from the front of the building would not be possible.
Greg Piper, the speaker of the NSW House of Legiscive Assembly, told Guardian Australia a member of his staff had advised him of the planned rally on Friday afternoon.
But the independent MP for Lake Macquarie said he was told his request to move the planned protest away from the front of Parliament – carried out by parliament’s internal security – could not be expedited.
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Piper’s revelation, first reported by the Sydney Morning Herald, which came to the NSW Premier, Chris Minns, Do Provision Media about the Displisation Where the decision to allow the decision to allow the rally to allow the rally to allow the rally to allow the rally to allow the rally to allow the first to go ahead with the rally.
“It seems obvious to me that this should not continue outside Parliament, but we have been told that nothing can be done,” Piper told SMH.
“Most people would think it would go up the chain to the Premier. If I knew, that’s why he should. [So] To say it was a communication failure would be an understatement. It’s a failure reinforced by the politics of the implications of something like this. “
Lanya blamed an “Internal Communication” for allowing a form 1 application for the protest to be approved by the local command of the police area.
Piper said his Stack staff were initially informed of the protest by Security Security Security himself. Asked if the Premier’s staff had received a similar warning, the office of mines pointed to the Premier’s previous comments.
On Monday, the Premier told reporters the decision to allow Saturday’s rally “clearly did not go to my office”.
He said that a review of Saturday’s rally, as well as another of the same group outside the Parliament in June, “See what the Place of Provier and Office of the Premier and the Premier’s Office”.
“I don’t know if a wrong email points to the communications mentioned in the rallies last month. We’ll look into that.”
The Premier, Police Commissioner, and the police minister, Yasmin Catley, all said they did not know about the rally before it happened.
Piper said after he was told his request to move the protest was not achievable, he asked additional security personnel, including special constables, to be on-site during the rally. “I just asked if they could be sure if there were people around,” he said.
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More than 60 members of the Neo-Nazi National Socialist Network stood outside Macquarie Street on Saturday morning, carrying a large banner reading “suffering the Jewish lobby”.
Piper said he saw the rally being allowed to continue as a “failure”.
“We are a democratic society. This group can parade within reason, they can protest, as others do… but I don’t think parliament should join such a hate group.”
“They were absolutely successful in what they set out to do,” he said.
“They created these images of themselves in front of the most important building that represents democracy in NSW, and the oldest public building in Australia, with a very negative message.
“I look forward to discussing this further to make sure it doesn’t happen again,” he said. “