This is a long-term fight to ensure the hooligans, thugs and criminals who want to create trouble and disorder will not win.

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Obviously we have to be on guard for this, and these hooligans and criminals will not destroy the fabric of our society.

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Intelligence was received that a group was making arrangements to stockpile chemicals and other materials capable of making explosives.

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Special attention will be paid to places of worship, our churches and our schools.

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New South Wales parliament will be recalled for a special emergency sitting on Thursday morning to provide police with extra powers to deal with criminals and thugs who are causing disturbances across our city.

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These criminals have declared war on our society and we are not going to let them win.

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This is a fight for order and control of our streets. There are hooligans out there who believe they have the right to determine who goes to beaches and streets and who will control parts of our parks and our streets.

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Let's be very clear, the police will be unrelenting in their fight against these thugs and hooligans.

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These are the toughest laws in the country.

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