Multiple states have moved to tighten protest rules and increase police powers. But these laws aren’t adequately balancing public safety with human rights.

Herzog began his four-day visit to Australia at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, where he laid a wreath at a memorial for the victims of ...

Australian police have defended their actions after violently clashing with protesters during a demonstration against a visit ...

Australia has been described as having some of the “democratic world’s most draconian anti-protest laws” after a state government invoked special powers ahead of the Israeli president’s visit on ...

I did not spend my 20s protesting a regime using violence to silence its critics just to spend my 70s watching Australian ...

‘It was terrifying’: Australia faces reckoning over brutal police crackdown on pro-Palestine protests - IN FOCUS: Police in Sydney are being investigated by a state watchdog over their response to ...

A rally in Sydney to protest Israeli President Isaac Herzog's visit to Australia in February 2026 turned violent, with police ...

Widespread protests against Herzog’s visit have been planned throughout Australia by the Palestine Action Group, including in Sydney, where New South Wales Police have announced restrictions on ...

Experts have pointed to new laws and increased police militarisation as factors leading to clashes in Sydney on Monday night.

No doubt, there will be investigations into the legality and reasonableness of the police response. But what’s also needed to prevent a repeat of Monday’s violence is a rethink of police training and ...