Queensland’s ‘from the river to the sea’ laws likened to Bjelke-Petersen era anti-protest regime

Greens MP says arrests under new pro-Palestine slogan bans bear hallmarks of ‘authoritarian police state’ as deputy premier says ‘the law’s the law’ Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Police arresting pro-Palestinian protesters for using the phrase “from the river to the sea” had “all the hallmarks of an authoritarian police state”, according to a Greens MP, amid widespread backlash against Queensland’s new hate speech laws. The laws went into effect yesterday after...

By Andrew Messenger