Protesters march through Melbourne's CBD as Israeli President Isaac Herzog concludes visit

Thousands of people have marched through Melbourne's CBD in protest as Israeli President Isaac Herzog's visit to the ...

Australians' right to protest may be more fragile than you think

Protesters and police at the Right to March demonstration in Brisbane in 1978.(Supplied: Karl Munnease-Paipala; Mark Plunkett ...

Australia: Victorian Labor government hands police expanded stop-and-search powers

The Victorian state Labor government is presiding over a massive expansion of police powers, effectively allowing areas of ...
Pearls and Irritations

With more restrictive laws across the country, how can we protect the right to protest?

Recent state laws passed in the name of public safety are expanding police powers and narrowing the right to protest, with uneven safeguards for human rights across Australia.

Increased use of pepper spray, police weapons at protests alarm rights groups

Alarmed by a spike in pepper spray use and threats of sound cannons at protests, human rights groups want a review of "less lethal" weapons for crowd control.

Australia faces reckoning over police crackdown on Palestine protests

‘It was terrifying’: Australia faces reckoning over brutal police crackdown on pro-Palestine protests - IN FOCUS: Police in ...