“We don’t know right now whether those rallies on the weekend may have caused outbreaks,” Morrison said.
“By doing this, they have put the whole track back to recovery at risk.
“Any further action on this front would be absolutely unacceptable.”
It comes as NSW Police prepare to again challenge an anti-racism protest in the Supreme Court, ahead of an event planned in Sydney this weekend.
Speaking to Ben Fordham on 2GB this morning, Police Commissioner Mick Fuller confirmed police would be challenging a protest on the grounds that it would exceed 500 people and likely breach social distancing rules.
The protest is hosted by the Refugee Action Coalition Sydney and has roughly 1000 prospective attendees, according to its Facebook page.
“We know that the organisers can’t control the numbers,” Fuller said.
“We know that they can’t meet the health obligations that are in place for everyone else.”
Another protest has been organised for Town Hall on Friday evening but no paperwork has been filed, Fuller said.
The event is a protest against black deaths in custody, showing solidarity with Long Bay prisoners, and has been organised by the same coalition of activist groups who organised last weekend’s protest.
Around 3000 people have said they’re “interested” or intending to attend the protest, according to its Facebook event.
“We can’t do anything to stop 3000 people turning up, Ben, but this is not like last week,” Fuller told Fordham.
“We will start writing tickets of $1000 and we can use all of our powers to move people on and if you don’t move on, well then you’ll be arrested.”
Some 20,000 people last Saturday joined a Black Lives Matter march in Sydney after the Court of Appeal deemed it lawful less than 15 minutes before its commencement.
