APEC Disruption to Sydney Extended

Sydney faces more disruption from the APEC leaders meeting in September, with the Prime Minister announcing three major bilateral meetings will be held in the city either side of the summit. A public holiday has been declared on the opening day of the APEC meeting, Friday, 7 September, and large areas of central Sydney will be shut down during the three day meeting. The New South Wales Police Minister, David Campbell, says police will try to keep disruption to a minimum. He says Sydney residents will be advised of any security arrangements for the leaders’ extended stay. But he says no plans beyond the APEC summit days have yet been prepared