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| The Cronulla riots “memorial” rally organised by Nicholas Folkes and his far-right Party for Freedom has been prohibited by a New South Wales supreme court judge. | The Cronulla riots “memorial” rally organised by Nicholas Folkes and his far-right Party for Freedom has been prohibited by a New South Wales supreme court judge. |
| The NSW police commissioner had launched an 11th-hour court action aimed at blocking the rally from going ahead on Saturday. | The NSW police commissioner had launched an 11th-hour court action aimed at blocking the rally from going ahead on Saturday. |
| On Friday, which is the 10th anniversary of the violent clashes that spilled out across Sydney’s southern beaches, Justice Christine Adamson agreed to prohibit the planned event. | On Friday, which is the 10th anniversary of the violent clashes that spilled out across Sydney’s southern beaches, Justice Christine Adamson agreed to prohibit the planned event. |
| Tensions simmered in summer 2005 after two volunteer surf lifesavers were assaulted when they responded to complaints that young men of Middle Eastern appearance were insulting girls on the beach in the Sutherland Shire. | |
| A week later, thousands rallied in Cronulla and people of Middle Eastern appearance were violently assaulted. | |
| Ian TembyC, appearing for the NSW police commissioner, told a court hearing on Thursday that the planned rally risked sparking fresh violence. | |
| “We make clear that we are not basing our case on the views that are held by Mr Folkes and others, and we are not basing our case on the expression of those views,” Temby said on Thursday. | |
| “We are basing our case on the rally and its likely consequences.” | |
| A separate case launched against Folkes and the Party for Freedom, an action launched in the federal court by Sutherland Shire council and high-profile Muslim community figure Jamal Rifi, has yet to be resolved. | |
| Folkes’s lawyer told an interlocutory hearing in the federal court on Friday morning that the effect of Adamson’s ruling was that Folkes could be arrested if he showed up at Don Lucas Reserve on Saturday or tried to address any gathering. | |
| But he said large crowds were likely to descend on Cronulla despite the prohibition and that it was in the interests of public safety that Folkes be allowed to attend. | |
| “There’s likely to be a large gathering of people at Cronulla. All the intelligence suggests that that will happen,” he said. | |
| “They’ll be looking to somebody – not only the police, but someone from the party – to lead them and to assist police.” | |
| Rifi’s counsel is seeking undertakings from the Party for Freedom to post a message on its website and Facebook page letting supporters know of the cancellation of the event. |