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Hannah Thomas’s injury sparks questions over NSW protester rights. What does the law say?

The altercation has brought into focus the slew of legislation brought in to restrict the right to protest

The Guardian - AU · Jul 1, 2025

Climate activists have received months-long sentences. Are tougher laws eroding Australians’ right to protest?

NSW enacts highest number of new laws among states, with climate protesters disproportionately affected, report finds

The Guardian - AU · Jul 13, 2024

Climate blockade brigade to defy rail union safety plea

The rail union has written to protesters blocking trains near the world's biggest coal port warning the activism risks safety for both demonstrators and staff.

AAP · Jul 10, 2024

‘Whatever it takes’: the activists who risk prison to shatter Australia’s climate complacency

Protesters are taking increasingly extreme action to highlight ecological collapse – and new, more draconian laws are failing to stop them

The Guardian - AU · Jun 28, 2023

NSW push to stop climate protesters livestreaming on Facebook labelled ‘profoundly anti-democratic’

Premier Chris Minns claims climate activists such as Blockade Australia are endangering lives by streaming protest actions

The Guardian - AU · Jun 22, 2023

Traffic chaos as climate protesters take it up a level

Brisbane traffic has been thrown into chaos as climate activists take their protests to the street, with the public warned to brace for rolling national action.

The New Daily · Jun 19, 2023

Blockade Australia protest action at coal ports

A woman has suspended herself from a rail bridge at Newcastle coal port to protest climate change inaction, as protests also occur in Melbourne and Brisbane.

The New Daily · Jun 18, 2023

Blockade Australia protests target three coal ports

Three Blockade Australia climate protesters have been arrested after attaching themselves to structures at coal ports in Newcastle, Brisbane and Melbourne.

AAP · Jun 18, 2023

Blockade Australia climate activist handed 'rap on knuckles' over Port Botany protest

A magistrate has let a Blockade Australia activist off with a "rap on the knuckle" for a protest on a major freight line in Sydney's Port Botany.

ABC News · Dec 22, 2022

Climate activist spared jail over blockade

A climate protester who suspended himself over a rail line at a Sydney port has been convicted and fined but will not spend any time behind bars.

AAP · Dec 15, 2022