Brennan Justice Talk #2 2026 Understanding the Right to Protest

Australian state governments have recently passed laws restricting the right to protest, including in NSW, where reforms limiting protest rights were passed and then enforced against those who demonstrated during the visit of the President of Israel, Isaac Herzog. 

How is the right to protest governed under international and domestic law? On what basis have recent legislative reforms limiting the right to protest been challenged in Australian courts? 

Join us to hear from international expert, Associate Professor Maria O’Sullivan (Associate Professor of Law, Deakin University), to learn about the right to protest and its limits under international and domestic law.