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Police Given Special Powers Ahead of President's Visit
Victoria Police received rare Terrorism Act powers to manage protests expected to draw up to 5,000 people in Melbourne's central business district, police said.
- On Wednesday, Victoria Police were granted additional powers under the Terrorism Act to manage President Isaac Herzog's visit, with Assistant Commissioner Bob Hill saying they had done 'exhaustive work' but no specific threat was identified.
- With crowds already forming on Monday, authorities expect upwards of 5000 protesters in Melbourne's CBD, citing the national threat level at probable.
- A building on Melbourne University's Parkville campus was spray-painted with a threat to Herzog this morning, cleaners were sent immediately, and the university condemned antisemitism while Victoria Police declined to comment.
- Herzog said he brought a message of goodwill and used his emotional Canberra visit with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to strengthen and console the Jewish community.
- Herzog denied an accusation by the UN special commission of inquiry and told Channel Seven, `I am saying to my people and the Jewish people worldwide that I found an Australia that was different from what was depicted.
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Victoria Police has been granted special powers to identify and search members of the public in certain areas ahead of Israeli President Isaac Herzog's visit to Melbourne tomorrow.Herzog will travel to Melbourne from Canberra tomorrow, after he met with mourners and survivors of the Bondi Terror Attack in Sydney earlier this week.Upwards of 5000 demonstrators are expected to gather at Flinders Street Station at 5pm tomorrow in opposition to the…
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