Blockade Australia: Laws target protest movements

NSW Police crackdown on the right to protest is unfair and violating. Recent protests organised by Blockade Australia expose the disproportionate policing tactics used on climate change activists.

Solicitor Patrick Latham said the tactics used by NSW Police are "unprecedented."

Who is Blockade Australia?

According to Blockade Australia they are "an organising network established in response to Australia's ongoing efforts to block action on the climate and ecological crisis."

Seemingly emerging last year, Blockade Australia made headlines after a series of climate protests in Newcastle last September. They followed up with more at Port Botany in March this year.

The protests ranged from abseilers hanging from Railway or Port infrastructure to traditional protest marches along public roads.