The NSW Police Force has been accused of taking an “adversarial or unnecessarily defensive” approach to engaging with the special commission of inquiry into LGBTIQ hate crimes in the commission’s final report to the government.

Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras chief Gil Beckwith has called for an immediate and enduring ceasefire in Gaza and committed the organisation to not accepting any funding from organisations “which are complicit in the ongoing violence in Palestine”.