The chief executive of the Sydney Mardi Gras insists his organisation remains centred on social justice but won’t support a protest planned for Saturday, saying safety amid the Covid-19 pandemic remains paramount.
AAP reports that protesters planning the LGBTQI rights march on Saturday afternoon to mark Mardi Gras will soon learn if their gathering will be declared illegal.
The New South Wales supreme court will on Friday consider a bid by the state police commissioner to stop this weekend’s gathering in inner Sydney.
The march is due to take place ahead of the official Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade, moved to the Sydney Cricket Ground due to Covid-19.
NSW police assistant commissioner Gelina Talbot told reporters on Friday the protest was unauthorised as it would exceed the maximum number of people allowed at political gatherings under health rules.
The current limit on political gatherings is 500. More than 1,100 people have already RSVPed to attend the march, with…