Penalties for peaceful action are now the same as for aggravated assault Last Friday dozens of armed New South Wales police officers raided a camp near Sydney and arrested two environmentalists. One was Aunty Caroline Kirk, an Aboriginal elder. She was charged
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Complaint to Queensland Human Rights Commission accuses platform of not taking action against posts that ‘vilify’ Muslims Get our free news app; get our morning email briefing An advocacy group for Australian Muslims has lodged a complaint against Twitter with the Queensland
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Embedding our existing human rights laws into Victoria’s mental health system is long overdue and holds great promise Out the front of every psychiatric unit, before starting work, I would take a Valium, beta blockers (to rest my heart rate) and keep
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Justice Ian Harrison tells court evidence of Lynette Dawson seen bruised did not point to who caused injuries Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app; get our morning email briefing The judge overseeing Chris Dawson’s
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Exclusive: Figures provided to the Guardian reveal exorbitant legal bill for pursuing cases against Collaery, Witness K, Richard Boyle and David McBride Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app; get our morning email briefing The
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Announcement comes as peak advocacy group calls on government to end compulsory seclusion and restraint on wards Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app; get our morning email briefing The Victorian government will require patient
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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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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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