Northern Territory (NT)
The Northern Territory can be rough for many marginalised folks, including the significant population of Aboriginal people. Here are some legal resources for activists in the NT. “Organisation supporting social …
New South Wales (NSW)
Legals resources for activists in New South Wales (NSW), including police powers and your rights and responsibilities.
Australian Capital Territory (ACT)
Legals resources specific to activists in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), including police powers and rights. CounterAct are experienced and passionate in planning and delivering high impact protests/campaigns.
Digital Privacy
Ensuring that information is accessible to you whenever you need it and not accessible to anyone seeking to exploit it helps to keep us effective and safe. Privacy is not …
Media
Below is a Media Checklist for traditional and social media in the lead up to an action or protest event, including some considerations for nonviolent direct actions. Download as a …
First-time Activists
FIRST TIME ACTIVISTS – GOING TO YOUR FIRST PROTEST It can be both exciting and scary to go to your first protest – whether that is a rally of some …
Camps & Blockades
A blockade is an act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving. A blockade camp is a temporary camp site set up near …
Nonviolence
What we learned over more than 15 years of training people for direct action and peaceful protest is that nonviolence means many things to many people. What is nonviolence? To …
Legals
In choosing to participate in peaceful protest actions you can often come face to face with police. Here are some tools to assist you with the legals. Firstly, with understanding …
Actions
Actions are specific, visible activities within a broader campaign. This section offers resources on different types of action you may take, and how to plan, execute and evaluate a successful …