Legislation & Resources

• Australian Road Rules (uniform road laws throughout Australia)

• Bail Act 1985

• Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 (driving-related offences (including aggravated offences) and penalties)

• Expiation of Offences Act 1996 and the Fines Enforcement and Debt Recovery Act 2017

• Graffiti Control Act 2001

• Local Nuisance and Litter Control Act 2016

• Motor Vehicles Act 1959 (laws and offences relating to the registration of motor vehicles, driver’s licences and third-party insurance)

• Motor Vehicles Regulations 2010 (offences and penalties under the Motor Vehicles Act 1959; the alcohol interlock scheme, the demerit point scheme, and schedules of related fees, expiation fees and demerit points)

• Permits and Penalties By-Law 2018

• Road Traffic (Miscellaneous) Regulations 2014 (offences and penalties for the Australian Road Rules)

• Road Traffic (Road Rules-Ancillary and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2014 (offences and penalties for the Australian Road Rules)

• Road Traffic Act 1961 (road use by pedestrians, vehicles, drivers, riders and passengers)

• Roads By-Law 2018 (4 of 2018)

• Sentencing Act 2017 (sentencing purposes, principles, factors and penalties and court orders)

• Summary Offences Act 1953 (offences and penalties)

Sibling Sites Across Australia

• Action Ready (QLD)

• Activist Rights Knowledge Base Index (VIC)

• Melbourne Activist Legal Support (VIC)

• Commons Library Practical Guide to Law and Protests in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT)

• Justice Connect Campaigns or protests under Tasmania (Tas)

• Justice Connect Not-for-profit Law (NT)

• Legal Observers NSW (NSW)

• Your Right to Protest 2020 (pdf) (NSW)

• NSW Council for Civil Liberties Right to Protest (NSW)

• The Commons - Social Change Library (Aus)

Other Useful Resources

• Amnesty International's Toolkit for Nonviolent Direction Action (pdf)

• Counteract’s How to Write a Witness Statement

• Cycling and the Law booklet (pdf)

• Legal Services Commission’s Law Handbook

• Legal Services Commission’s Police arrest procedure