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Help build stronger human rights protection for Victoria's social movements.

• Thursday 14 September
• 6pm-7:30pm
• RSVP is essential!

Location and online link provided upon registration.

Please contact us at [email protected] if you have any questions.

repression of protesters

WA activists hit with restraining order prohibiting them from speaking out about fossil fuel industry

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Restraining orders that replicate already-imposed bail conditions are being used to stop Western Australian activists from speaking out against Woodside's fossil fuel expansion, according to their lawyer.

The move comes after the activists from Disrupt Burrup Hub, a group campaigning against fossil fuel expansion in WA’s Pilbara region, were ambushed by more than a dozen counter-terror police before commencing a peaceful, non-violent protest.

This is the latest in a string of attempts by Woodside and WA police to intimidate climate justice protesters, including threats to sue activists for financial damages after a peaceful protest in Woodside's Perth headquarters; an unmarked police vehicle stopping an activist in traffic and pulling a gun on them before searching their car without a warrant; and counter-terror police breaking into an activist's family home three times in three months.

call to action

Australia is killing climate protest. Where's the solidarity?

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In this passionate defence of the activists from Disrupt Burrup Hub, climate researcher Ketan Joshi argues that Australia’s insufficient climate policy, the ever-worsening impacts of climate inaction around the world, and the increasing oppression of protesters can only be countered with a united, disruptive opposition and calls for support and solidarity from everyone.

legal support

The Whistleblower Project: Australia's first specialist legal service to protect and empower whistleblowers

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Launched by the Human Rights Law Centre, Australia’s first specialist whistleblower legal service, The Whistleblower Project, will protect and empower people to speak up about human rights abuses and injustice.

The Whistleblower Project provides free legal advice and representation, advocates for enhanced legal safeguards, and strives to put an end the prosecution of whistleblowers. Confidentiality is prioritised to ensure whistleblowers can speak out without fear.

Please note that HRLC is unable to receive disclosures containing intelligence information or information with a national security or other protective security classification.

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Australian activist Bob Brown, who led the world's first Green party and successfully campaigned to save Tasmania's Franklin River, is the subject of the film 'The Giants', a powerful film tribute to Bob's remarkable activism, and a love letter to Australia's ancient forests.

• Tuesday 29 August
•  5:30pm
• 113 Swanston St, Melbourne 
• $12-$22

Following the screening, Brown and filmmakers Rachael Antony and Laurence Billiet will join ABC Radio National’s Hilary Harper to discuss lessons from Brown's journey in light of today's crackdown on protests.

This event is part of Wild Hope: Conversations for a Planetary Commons, an exhibition calling for a radical shift to ‘planetary thinking’ as vital to the survival of human and non-human life on Earth.

mals membership

Get involved - become a MALS member!

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MALS defends our civil and political rights by providing training for protest movements, creating and sharing resources on the right to protest in Victoria, training and fielding Legal Observers to monitor and report on police actions, and linking activists with supportive law firms and community legal centres.

Becoming a MALS member means you can help shape our campaigns & help increase our impact. 

Apply online now!