Tuesday, 3 February 2026

 David DAVIS (Southern Metropolitan) (19:36): (2088) My matter is for the Minister for Police here in this state, and it concerns the forthcoming visit to Victoria of the Israeli President, Isaac Herzog. I note that the New South Wales police commissioner has extended restrictions on protests for a fourth time and specifically is going to outlaw protests around this visit. Obviously in my electorate, Southern Metro, is the largest group of Jewish Australians of any part of the country, a very significant community, and many have raised with me the safety of the President and those who would seek to see him on his visit. What I am asking the minister to do is confer with his New South Wales colleague and introduce similar arrangements here. We at the moment have massive demonstrations which are not safe, which have led to great insecurity and violent antisemitism – (Time expired)