$20m public liability insurance to rally in a park: how council red tape hinders the right to protest

Public gatherings stymied by bureaucracy, Australian Democracy Network and Deakin University researchers find Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Council red tape is stymieing the right to protest, a report has said, after a regional New South Wales council told a protest organiser they needed a $20m public liability insurance policy to hold a rally in a park. A report rele…