Activism and Lobbying

Members of a neo-Nazi group who performed a "distasteful and inappropriate" chant at an anti-immigration rally in Perth at the weekend were not breaking the law, WA Police say.

Federal MP Bob Katter has addressed a March for Australia rally in Townsville.

Thousands of anti-immigration protesters have marched through the streets of Sydney’s CBD waving Australian flags.

"Sovereign citizens" believe Australian laws do not apply to them. That's where pseudolaw comes in.

The upcoming March for Australia has drawn mixed reactions among migrants, with some fearful of anti-immigration sentiment, while others say they are not concerned.

Protesters have clashed with riot police, facing tear gas and batons on the streets of Jakarta, Indonesia.

A leading extremism expert says increasing inequality is leading to the growth of sovereign citizen and other fringe groups spreading across rural and regional Australia.

The risk posed by the sovereign citizen movement in Australia has concerned experts and authorities for years. Now it may have become a reality, after two police officers were allegedly killed by a man who identifies with the group. 

Experts say police have prior experience and knowledge when it comes to counting crowd sizes, but event organisers do too. That makes it hard to know why there is a dispute.

A prominent environmentalist has been ordered to stay 500 metres away from Forestry Corporation offices in Coffs Harbour after the NSW Supreme Court heard that seeing forestry vehicles was like "a red flag to a bull" for the defendant.

The Queensland Police Service (QPS) says it will take pro-Palestinian protest organisers to court in an effort stop a march over Brisbane's Story Bridge this Sunday.

Thousands of Israelis rally in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and other cities, calling for a ceasefire and a hostage deal to be reached. 

A growing coalition of groups who reject the legitimacy of governments and courts are engaged in what some call a "quasi-civil war".

Protesters opposing the Women Will Speak event clashed with police in Melbourne's CBD.

Following on from a recent Commonwealth decision to allow salmon farming in Macquarie Harbour, a remote mining town is asking for a hurry up on a decision about a controversial project in a Tasmanian rainforest.

When more than 90,000 people marched across the Sydney Harbour Bridge it created headlines across the globe. So how has the addition of more than 30 anti-protest laws across the past two decades affected demonstrating?

Dementia specialist, tap dancer, saxophonist, author, city councillor, veteran doctor, professor — George Razay has quite the resume. Now, he has added Tasmanian Member of Parliament to the list. Who is he, and what does he stand for? 

The plans for a pro-Palestinian rally across the Sydney Harbour Bridge are at the centre of a legal challenge by the NSW Police force.

The state government has assembled an industry only advisory panel as it works toward a 25-year plan for how state forests will be used.

A pro-Palestinian advocacy group march still hopes to cross the Sydney Harbour Bridge this weekend despite court action, as infighting breaks out amongst NSW Labor government ranks.