Greens push for federal ‘right to protest’ law after NSW jailing of Deanna ‘Violet’ Coco

Senator David Shoebridge hopes to rebalance the scales of justice' after states crack down on activists

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A series of harsh state-based laws cracking down on climate activists could be overridden by a federal right to protest" bill being pushed by the Greens.

After the jailing of climate activist Deanna Violet" Coco in New South Wales this month, the party says the commonwealth has the power to overturn the series of state laws passed in recent years that experts say curtailed the right to protest in Australia.

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