Legislation & resources
Australian Road Rules (uniform road laws throughout Australia)
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
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)
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)
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)
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)
other USEFUL resources
Amnesty International's Toolkit for Nonviolent Direction Action (pdf)
Counteract’s How to Write a Witness Statement
Legal Services Commission’s Law Handbook
Legal Services Commission’s Police arrest procedure