Latest protest News

Special WA Police temporary powers keep Land Forces 2026 safe
Concerns over mass detentions before and during protests: India
Targeting of protest by heavily armed police makes nobody safer
Changing the face of ageism: “It’s a ‘you’ problem, not the older person’s problem.”
Striking doctors call on Carroll Government to urgently address fatigue, protect patient safety
“Welcome to the party, Premier”: Greens and community pressure forces Labor to move on Yarra median strip drinking ban
Guilty pleasures: Is it ever OK to separate art from the artist?
Deeming welcomes Victoria Police change of heart on protection for women’s rights rally
Temporary Special Powers In Place For Land Forces 2026
Stronger laws to tackle antisemitism and protect places of worship
Why you should live your life like an accountant – and how you probably already do
Harete Hipango-Brownlie: Why The ‘Conservative’ Māori Should Come Out from the Shadows
Charges withdrawn against 125 climate protestors from Peoples’ Blockade of Newcastle Coal Port
Police will drop all remaining 2024 Rising Tide coal protest cases after failed prosecutions
Community Rallies To Save Marian Street Theatre
Greens warn Carroll: Don’t let big business water down WFH rights
Landmark parliamentary report calls for overhaul of Victorian university governance
Stronger rights and more secure work: McManus and O’Neil leave a powerful legacy
UN experts urge Iran to quash death sentences of 12 protesters in single hearing, halt executions
All Train And Tram Zones Now Locked In
Community context shapes corporate response to violence in street protests
UN Fact-Finding Mission urgently calls on Iran to immediately halt protest-related executions: Iran
Civil society calls on universities to protect protest and dissent on campus
UN experts demand release of arbitrarily detained journalist Hassan Bouras: Algeria
Family First to fight to defund taxpayer support for Unholy Playhouse
Woodside “SLAPP suit” against climate campaigners an attempt to silence growing opposition to drilling at Scott Reef
Protest Activity At Olympic Dam
Younger Australians show greater interest in Indigenous histories, but know less about them: new research
Half a century on, NAIDOC Week is still both a party and a protest
Seven arrested following unauthorised protests – Newcastle
Labor Silent On Cuts To Tasmania
Experts condemn arrests for dress code violations and excessive use of force in Herat: Afghanistan
Wednesday 27 May
Gdeim Izik cases reveal torture, coerced confessions, and failure to investigate, UN committee finds: Morocco
Police Arrest Eight People At North Adelaide Protest
University Report Card Sectoral Assessment
As parents reject IDAHOBIT, Family First vows to remove indoctrination from schools
Police Commissioner confirms Town Hall protest charges under unlawful Minns laws will be dropped
Man charged with alleged hate speech related crime – Sydney CBD
Ban slogans that incite violence, stop Intifada forum
Minns doubles down on speech ban while waiting for Queensland challenge
Australian Human Rights Assessment 2026 shows urgent action needed across multiple fronts to address human rights concerns
Greens call for pop-up protected bike lanes on Sydney Road in response to fuel crisis 
State of human rights in Australia to be assessed in National Press Club address by Australian Human Rights Commission President
Premier Minns rejects Supreme Court finding and doubles down on protest
Minns Labor government’s protest laws struck down by Supreme Court
Court strikes down Minns Labor Government’s unconstitutional anti-protest laws which caused police violence at Town Hall Sydney
Greenpeace activists arrested after disrupting major gas conference in Sydney