This Conference condemns recent moves by state Labor governments to restrict peaceful protest. Recent action by institutions and police to target individuals protesting genocide, and climate crisis and working conditions demonstrate the power and importance of our right to protest.
ACT Labor acknowledges that protest creates the catalyst for the progressive change our movement seeks to deliver. Interstate anti-protest laws create barriers between the workers that our movement stands to unify, for example where unions and climate activists now risk sanctions for solidarity actions.
ACT Labor congratulates activists across the globe who have withstood police brutality and institutional pressure in their fight for a better future. This Conference congratulates the ACT Government for protecting our democratic right to protest and to freely associate.
ACT Labor reaffirms that peaceful protest will never include harassment of patients accessing health services.
ACT Labor recognises that everyone has the right to peaceful protest.