Deportations: Opposition Demands Retroactive Action on Extremist Protesters

The NSW premier has also recalled state parliament to pass laws to limit protests and gun ownership.

Demonstrators, including WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (C), cross the Sydney Harbour Bridge during a pro-Palestinian rally against Israel and ongoing food shortages in the Gaza Strip, in Sydney, Australia on Aug. 3, 2025. Saeed Khan/AFP via Getty Images

Australia’s opposition has called for the retroactive arrest and deportation of protesters who have publicly displayed symbols linked to designated terrorist organisations.

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley used a visit to Bondi Beach on Dec. 17 to escalate pressure on the Albanese Labor government in the aftermath of the terror attack that took the lives of 15 members of the local Jewish community.