{"id":1477,"date":"2026-02-09T23:13:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T23:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=1477"},"modified":"2026-02-09T23:13:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T23:13:38","slug":"australia-politics-live-greens-mlc-claims-police-at-sydney-protest-just-started-assaulting-people-liberal-party-room-to-meet-amid-leadership-spill-speculation-australia-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=1477","title":{"rendered":"Australia politics live: Greens MLC claims police at Sydney protest \u2018just started assaulting people\u2019; Liberal party room to meet amid leadership spill speculation | Australia news"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\u2018I feel just absolutely shocked,\u2019 says Greens MLC injured in protests<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n

NSW Greens MLC Abigail Boyd<\/strong> says she was pushed and shoved by police, despite telling them she was a member of state parliament at the protests last night, and says she was \u201cabsolutely shocked\u201d by the police\u2019s actions.<\/p>\n

Speaking to ABC RN Breakfast, Boyd says police surrounded the area meaning protesters couldn\u2019t leave and says \u201cbut then they decided we couldn\u2019t stay either and they just started assaulting people\u201d.<\/p>\n

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<\/svg><\/span>Abigail Boyd in a neck brace.<\/span> Photograph: Abigail Boyd\/ Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Boyd says she only got home a few hours ago after being medically treated and posted a picture to social media wearing a neck brace<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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<\/svg>My neck is okay. Other parts of my body are incredibly sort of battered and sore, but there\u2019s nothing sort of permanent, I\u2019m told, at this point.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Describing how she was injured, she says:<\/p>\n

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<\/svg>[An] Officer just pushes his fist into my chin. And then another one, as I\u2019m recovering from that, another one pushes me in my shoulder. It is, I mean, I feel quite naive, but I didn\u2019t know that this was what police could do in our state. I feel just absolutely shocked.<\/p>\n

And then for there to be this peaceful prayer, it was prayer. How are these people a threat to anybody? They\u2019re praying and to be just then, they grab them and they\u2019re throwing them, they\u2019re picking them up off of their prayer mats and throwing them to the ground.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n