A tale of two Sydneys: first class and baggage

By Sean Nicholls
Updated August 17 2017 - 8:03pm, first published 7:51pm
Former Foreign Minister Bob Carr delivers a speech to recognise Palestine as a state to the NSW State Labor Conference at Sydney Town Hall, in Sydney, Sunday, 30 July, 2017. (AAP Image/Daniel Munoz) NO ARCHIVING
Former Foreign Minister Bob Carr delivers a speech to recognise Palestine as a state to the NSW State Labor Conference at Sydney Town Hall, in Sydney, Sunday, 30 July, 2017. (AAP Image/Daniel Munoz) NO ARCHIVING

For the past week a large police van has been parked at the top of Martin Place, opposite the Reserve Bank building and just up the hill from the "millionaires' factory", Macquarie Bank.