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FACTSHEET: Street Protests and the Law
Your rights while protesting on the streets in NSW.
FACTSHEET: Know Your Rights in Protest
General know your rights resource for protests in NSW.
FACTSHEET: Preparing for Possible Police Visits
How to prepare your physical and digital security, and what to do when the police knock.
RESOURCE: Post-Arrest Support
This documents compiles support, information and resources for people arrested while protesting or in relation to protest activity. It may be updated periodically with new information or resources. It is not legal advice.
RESOURCE: preparing for arrests (IN CASE OF EMERGENCY BREAK GLASS form)
We made this template to help us support each other in the case that one or several of your affinity group are arrested while protesting (or at any other time).
Bustcards are essential to have with you while protesting. They contain our key tips for protestors, numbers for legal support, and Legal Observers NSW contact info.
This downloadable bustcard contains general information and phone numbers for protestors in NSW. If you would like to print off multiples for your comrades you can fit 2 on a double-sided A4 sheet.
Look out for legal observers handing out bustcards at protests which contain protest-specific hotlines for legal support and other information. Protest-specific hotlines will also be posted on our socials pages.
FACTSHEET: NSW Police emergency powers explainer
This factsheet explains police powers under an emergency authorisation (LEPRA)
FLYER RESOURCE: If police visit your home
FACTSHEET: If police visit your home
CounterAct – Your Right to Protest: A Guide for Activists in NSW
This guide is intended to help you make informed decisions about your rights and possible consequences for certain types of actions when planning protest events.
Information about preparing for a protest, common police and agency responses to protests, police powers and getting legal help.
Archival COVID policing resources
Know Your Rights with NSW Police – A guide for interacting with police during the COVID lockdowns in Greater Sydney [ENGLISH] (last updated 13 July)
[إعرف حقوقك عند التعامل مع شرطة نيو ساوث ويلز خلال الاقفال القسري. [عربى
了解您与NSW警察的权利. 在Greater Sydney (大悉尼) 的 COVID 封锁期间与警察互动的指南。[官话]
Legal Observers NSW 