NSW political staffers to appear at caravan plot inquiry after being threatened with arrest for failing to attend | New South Wales politics

Five employees from the new Southern Southern Wales premiere Chris Minns and Police Minister Yasmin Catley agreed to appear before a parliamentary investigation into the “Fake Terrorist Plan” after a threatening to arrest it last week.

Premier’s senior staff confirmed that on Wednesday, the NSW Legislative Council President Ben Franklin said he was planning to receive arrest order.

Franklin, Bret Walker SC, employees, after challenging calls to appear in the upper home investigation, he received legal advice on the authority of searching warrants.

Now they agreed to appear on Friday as “voluntarily ..

The investigation initiated with the support of the coalition, greens and Crossbench MLCs examines the discussion of information about the caravan plan before the controversial laws to prevent anti -Semitism are rushed through parliament.

In January, after explaining that there was a caravan, Minns said he had the potential to be a “mass wounded incident .. In March, however, the Australian Federal Police announced that they believe that this was a “con job” by organized crime figures who want to direct police resources and influence prosecution.

The Prime Minister and the Police Minister refused to go out to the investigation before asking for the emergence of the committee employees. The ministers from the lower house do not have to appear before the upper house is investigated.

Greens Deputy Sue Higginson, a member of the committee, confirmed that employees will give evidence on Friday on Wednesday.

Higginson said the employee’s decision to ignore the calls of çok bring us all to a very difficult position ”.

“As a committee, he said, uz We believe that these individuals have information that can really help us use our judicial capacity,” he said.

“Lesson here, parliamentary powers are strong forces. Important powers. Nobody is above the law and does not challenge these powers.”

Higginson was asked on Wednesday before the government misled the parliament before hate speech and before the adoption of the laws of worship.

“Some of them have certainly knowledge and not presented to parliament to help us understand the exact official,” he said. “This is a democracy and how we pass the laws is a very important issue for everyone.”

– Additional reporting by Jordyn Beazley