NSW on the Brink: New Hate-Speech Measures Push the State Toward Australia’s Most Repressive Protest Regime New South Wales is once again tightening its protest and public-order laws — this time in response to a small neo-Nazi rally in Sydney — and civil-liberties advocates warn that the state is rapidly transforming into Australia’s most repressive jurisdiction for public dissent . Premier Chris Minns has signalled that his government will introduce new changes to hate-speech and protest laws to Parliament this week. The announcement comes after a handful of members of the National Socialist Network gathered near a Jewish community centre, shouting extremist slogans and calling for the “abolition of the Jewish lobby.” The protest, while disturbing, was small and swiftly condemned. Yet its political fallout may reshape the civil-liberties landscape for millions of NSW residents. A Familiar Pattern: Isolated Extremism, Sweeping Legislation The Minns Government insists the aim ...
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