No provocateurs wanted at APEC...

From the desk of Sylvia Hale MLC (NSW Greens):

Canadian authorities admitted last week that three people photographed wearing bandanas covering their faces and carrying rocks at a recent demonstration at a North American government leaders summit were undercover police officers.

This week I called on the NSW Premier to guarantee that there will be no undercover police or other security agents attempting to provoke violence at Sydney's APEC demonstrations.

The most provocative statements about possible violence at the APEC protests have come from the PM, the Premier, the Police Minister and the new Police Commissioner, not the protest organisers.

Sydney has a long history of peaceful political protest and the Greens want to see that history
continue.

We are discouraging any violence by either protesters or police.