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NSW should think twice before banning ‘globalise the intifada’ after court struck down anti-protest law, legal expert says https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/18/nsw-should-think-twice-before-banning-globalise-the-intifada-after-court-struck-down-anti-protest-law-legal-expert-says-ntwnfb #NewSouthWales #Protest #AustraliaNews #ChrisMinns #Sydney #Israel #Palestine #AustralianPoliceAndPolicing
NSW should think twice before banning ‘globalise the intifada’ after court struck down anti-protest law, legal expert says

Another lawyer says ruling ‘puts brakes on the Minns government’s ability to use executive power to minimise people’s rights to protest’

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Opinion | The Guardian US1d ago
Protest is not a flaw in democracy and fear cannot be made law. The NSW supreme court ruling upholds these truths | Shamikh Badra https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/17/anti-protest-laws-democracy-nsw-supreme-court-ruling #NewSouthWales #AustralianPoliceAndPolicing #Protest #NewSouthWalesPolitics #AustraliaNews #AustralianLaw
Protest is not a flaw in democracy and fear cannot be made law. The NSW supreme court ruling upholds these truths

Closing public space does not produce ‘social cohesion’. Instead it produces accumulated tension

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Culture | The Guardian US2d ago
Police investigate claims Katy Perry sexually assaulted Ruby Rose at Melbourne nightclub https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/apr/15/katy-perry-ruby-rose-australia-police-investigate-ntwnfb #KatyPerry #Melbourne #Victoria #Celebrity #AustraliaNews #Law #AustralianPoliceAndPolicing #Music #Culture
Police investigate claims Katy Perry sexually assaulted Ruby Rose at Melbourne nightclub

Perry denies the allegations, shared by Rose on social media, calling them ‘dangerous reckless lies’

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World news | The Guardian3d ago
Sydney judge overturns bail conditions limiting anti-Herzog protester from entering CBD https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/15/sydney-anti-herzog-protester-nsw-police-bail-conditions-overturned-ntwnfb #NewSouthWales #AustraliaNews #Sydney #Protest #AustralianPoliceAndPolicing
Sydney judge overturns bail conditions limiting anti-Herzog protester from entering CBD

Not ‘reasonable’ to impose that Siena Hopper, 25, with no criminal history, should be excluded from City of Sydney except for work or to attend court

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World news | The GuardianApr 9
‘Inherently dangerous and unnecessary’: NT buses will soon be patrolled by armed officers https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/09/nt-darwin-buses-soon-patrolled-armed-police-officers-ntwnfb #IndigenousAustralians #NorthernTerritory #AustralianPoliceAndPolicing #AustraliaNews
‘Inherently dangerous and unnecessary’: NT buses will soon be patrolled by armed officers

First Nations lawyers and politicians warn the change will disproportionately affect Indigenous people, making them feel ‘less safe, rather than more safe’

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World news | The GuardianApr 5
Sisters of officer killed by Dezi Freeman plan to sue police for negligence, lawyer says https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/05/sisters-of-officer-killed-by-dezi-freeman-plan-to-sue-police-for-negligence-lawyer-says-ntwnfb #AustralianPoliceAndPolicing #Victoria #AustraliaNews #PorepunkahShooting
Sisters of officer killed by Dezi Freeman plan to sue police for negligence, lawyer says

Dianne Thompson and Lois Kirk tell Victoria police in letter ‘we did not expect to feel invisible’ after Neal Thompson’s death

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World news | The GuardianApr 4
Victoria police arrest two people as part of Dezi Freeman investigation https://www.theguardian.com/global/2026/apr/04/dezi-freeman-investigation-arrests-victoria-police-porepunkah-ntwnfb #PorepunkahShooting #AustraliaNews #Victoria #AustralianPoliceAndPolicing
Victoria police arrest two people as part of Dezi Freeman investigation

Man and woman to be interviewed by police after arrests at separate properties in state’s north-east on Saturday morning

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World news | The GuardianMar 31
Perth man accused of attempted terror attack at Invasion Day rally to plead mental health defence https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/31/perth-invasion-day-terror-attack-accused-mental-health-defence-ntwnfb #IndigenousAustralians #AustraliaNews #AustraliaDay #AustralianPoliceAndPolicing #Perth #WesternAustralia #AustralianSecurityAndCounterterrorism #MentalHealth
Perth man accused of attempted terror attack at Invasion Day rally to plead mental health defence

Lawyers for Liam Alexander Hall say the 32-year-old is undergoing treatment in custody

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World news | The GuardianMar 30
Victoria police called to give evidence into Indigenous man’s death in custody seek protection from self-incrimination https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/30/indigenous-death-custody-victoria-police-seek-protection-self-incrimination-ntwnfb #DeathsInCustody #IndigenousAustralians #AustralianPoliceAndPolicing #Victoria #AustraliaNews
Victoria police called to give evidence into Indigenous man’s death in custody seek protection from self-incrimination

Request comes at the start of a two-week inquest into the death of Noongar man Jeffrey Winmar in Melbourne

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World news | The GuardianMar 30
Dezi Freeman shooting live updates: Victoria police to give update on Australian fugitive shot dead after months-long manhunt https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/mar/30/dezi-freeman-update-news-shot-dead-by-police-australia-fugitive-victoria-porepunkah-shooting-live-updates-latest-ntwnfb #PorepunkahShooting #Victoria #AustraliaNews #AustralianPoliceAndPolicing
Dezi Freeman shooting live updates: Victoria police to give update on Australian fugitive shot dead after months-long manhunt

Porepunkah fugitive, 56, had been on the run after allegedly killing two police officers in Australian alpine region in August

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