Strict anti-protest laws may have encouraged mining conference to move from Melbourne to Sydney

Legal observers also say police in the eastern states have been visiting the homes of climate activists in the leadup to the conference

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Civil liberties advocates say Sydney may have been chosen as the location for an international mining conference to take advantage of the state’s strict anti-protest laws.

Legal observers also say, separately, that law enforcement agencies in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and the ACT have been pre-emptively visiting the homes of climate activists in an effort to intimidate protesters ahead of the conference next week.

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