The Right to Protest with speaker Dr Sarah Moulds

  • Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2024, 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
  • Location: Courtroom 8, Sir Samuel Way Building (and online)
  • Cost: $35.00 per person / $25 conc / $300 for 10 tickets
  • More information:
  • Contact: Belinda MacQueen +61 8 8313 5800
  • Email: alumni@adelaide.edu.au

Continuing Legal Education: The Right to Protest 

Guest Speaker Dr Sarah Moulds is Associate Professor in Law at UniSA. The Chair will be the Honourable Justice Christopher Bleby, SA Court of Appeal.

Governments across Australia are responding to different forms of protest activity, such as protests on university campuses, suspending people from bridges over busy roadways and throwing soup at art works in galleries by introducing new laws, extending police powers and increasing penalties for existing offences.

The speed at which these new laws are being made is alarming, as has been recently illustrated in South Australia, where changes were made to the ‘obstruct public places’ offence, increasing penalties from $750 to $50,000 without consultation, and with only limited debate.

Sarah’s presentation will explain the changes made to the laws in South Australia, the ramifications for the right to protest in Australia, and how this compares to other laws targeting collective action and protest activity.
A portrait of Dr Moulds smiling, wearing a black blazer

is an Associate Professor in law at UniSA: Justice & Society and co-founder and current Director of the .Ìý

She holds a PhD from the ³ÉÈË´óƬ, a Masters of Comparative Law, Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and Bachelor of International Studies.

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