The Australian Democracy Network is leading the push against protest laws and policing in NSW as the party faithful gathers in Sydney for the annual meeting of state branches and trade unions to discuss policy positions.Â
A multi-billion-dollar state investment in train manufacturing will also feature as the centrepiece of Premier Chris Minns' address on Saturday.
ADN campaigner Anastasia Radievska says NSW has introduced more laws restricting peaceful protest than any other jurisdiction.
"Peaceful protest is a fundamental democratic freedom," she said.
"This conference gives Labor the opportunity to ensure NSW has laws that protect that right while maintaining public safety."
More than 50 motions have been passed by party branches and trade unions statewide calling for the repeal of anti-protest laws, according to the pro-democracy campaigners and community groups.
Scrutiny on protest law and policing has intensified following demonstrations against a visit by Israel President Isaac Herzog in February that resulted in a violent clash between officers and protesters, including the widely condemned shoving of Muslim worshippers in prayer.
The rally was restricted by laws passed following Bondi's terror attack in December, which have since been struck down in the NSW Supreme Court.
Pro-Palestinian protesters are also set to gather outside the Labor conference to demand police drop all charges in relation to the February demonstrations.
The party's rank-and-file are expected to hear from the premier on plans to seed a passenger train manufacturing industry in the Hunter Valley with $12 billion.
One of two possible sites in Teralba or Broadmeadow will be selected as the new home of train building, allowing the state to supply new fleets locally rather than outsourcing.
''I will never accept that we are bad at building big, necessary things in NSW,'' Mr Minns will say.
''What we needed was a government with some belief and the willpower to stand on our own two feet.''
The announcement comes weeks after delivering a state budget focused on cost-of-living relief, with an election looming in March 2027.
Tax reform may also feature following the federal Labor government's deal struck with the Greens to pass curbs to negative gearing and capital gains discounts.
The changes are aimed at helping more Australians into home ownership.
The conference will take place as the fortunes of the Albanese government improve, with Labor back to narrowly out-polling One Nation after Pauline Hanson's controversial National Press Club address in June.
The latest Redbridge poll had Labor on 30 per cent support (up two) compared to One Nation's 29 (down two), with the coalition on just 18 (down two) and the Greens on 14 (up two).
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