NSW Premier Chris Minns says the new laws will protect the community [Getty Images] Civil rights groups and pro-gun advocates in Australia have raised concerns that new fast-tracked laws will place ...

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 ...

(Saeed KHAN/AFP/AFP) 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 ...

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 ...

In the wake of the December 14 Bondi Beach terror attack, prominent union leaders were quick to declare their full-throated support for moves by the New South Wales ...

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 ...

An Australian senator who has long campaigned for the Islamic women's garment known as the burqa to be banned in the country has been suspended from parliament for a week for her protest on Monday in ...

Civil rights groups and pro-gun advocates in Australia have raised concerns that new fast-tracked laws will place undue restrictions on firearms and protests in the wake of the Bondi shootings. On ...