While the new restrictions on firearms have broad support, new police powers to crack down on some protests were criticized ...

On Monday, the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) recalled its parliament to debate a raft of new laws such as banning the phrase "globalise the intifada", limiting the number of guns one ...

Australia passed new tougher gun and protest-related laws on Wednesday in the wake of mass shooting on Bondi beach that left 15 people killed and dozens others injured. The New South Wales ...

Australia's most populous state was set Tuesday to approve sweeping laws cracking down on guns and giving authorities the power to ban protests after the nation's deadliest mass shooting in ...

Palestinian, Jewish and Indigenous groups say they will launch constitutional challenge to laws described as 'rushed'.

SYDNEY, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Australia's most populous state on Wednesday passed ‌sweeping ​new gun and anti-terror rules following the mass ‌shooting on Bondi Beach, tightening firearm ownership, ...

Backed by the federal and state Labor governments, the New South Wales (NSW) Court of Appeal last Thursday issued a far-reaching threat to the right to protest, free speech and basic democratic rights ...

Australia has condemned “violence” unleashed by Iranian authorities as anti-government protests grip the country.

Earlier this week, the South African artist Candice Breitz changed the title of one of her works to protest that the Australian museum hosting it hired a security firm that allegedly abused refugees ...