Sue Higginson says ‘even inconvenient’ protesting is important for democracy and labels police response ‘extreme’ Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app; get our morning email briefing A New South Wales MP has said she
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Lawyers say new offence, introduced after four police officers were filmed dying, may have unintended negative consequences Get our free news app; get our morning email briefing Victorians who engage in grossly offensive conduct in public are set to face up to
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We are unique among liberal democracies in lacking robust legal protection for human rights On Tuesday a small public protest was held in Devonport, a coastal city in northern Tasmania. It was, as someone described on social media, a protest by “shop-keepers,
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Australia’s powers to detain terrorist offenders after jail term without rehabilitation under review
Law has important consequences and ‘sits oddly’ with aims of sentencing, which include rehabilitation and reintegration, national security watchdog says Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesDownload the free Guardian app; get our morning email briefing Australia’s national security
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