Two protesters charged on first day of Queensland’s ‘from the river to the sea’ ban

<p>Alleged offences occurred after pro-Palestinian activists gathered outside state parliament within hours of new laws taking effect</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/mar/11/federal-politics-updates-iran-womens-football-team-asylum-anthony-albanese-tony-burke-labor-angus-taylor-coalition-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>Two pro-Palestinian protesters have been charged with violating contentious new Queensland hate-speech laws, with one of them allegedly saying the banned phrase “from the river to the sea”.</p><p>The arrests occurred at a small protest march which started outside the state parliament building on Wednesday, just hours after the new laws, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/05/queensland-pro-palestinian-phrase-ban-river-to-sea-laws-ntwnfb">passed by parliament last week,</a> went into effect.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/11/two-protesters-arrested-on-first-day-of-queenslands-from-the-river-to-the-sea-ban-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>

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