NOT OUR LAW Campaign

In March 2026, the Queensland government rushed through laws that criminilised publicly reciting, distributing or displaying the two phrases “from * river to * sea” and “globalise * intifada”. These new laws are a direct attack on our peaceful movement. The QLD government is attempting to silence our speech on Palestine. They are trying to intimidate and shift the focus from their complicity in the genocide in Gaza.

We will not fall for attempts to silence our movement when Palestinians are being starved to death, exterminated and ethnically cleansed. For as long as there is genocide, apartheid and occupation, we will continue to pressure State and Federal governments to end their political and material support for apartheid Israel.

Now NSW is joining the fight, and VIC is follwing suit.

The Minns government has moved to intervene in the High Court case in support of Queensland’s defence of these laws. Minns has previously said similar laws in NSW would depend on what happens in this case.

Meanwhile the VIC Opposition is pledging to bring these laws to VIC if elected.

That means what happens in Queensland matters far beyond Queensland.

If these laws stand here, they can become a model for governments elsewhere. Defeating them here makes it harder for them to spread.

Our governments have spent years providing political support to Israel while Palestinians are killed, displaced and denied basic rights. And now governments are bringing Israel’s repression here in ever more extreme ways.

The jump from these laws to our life is shorter than we think.

Yesterday it was protest restrictions and police violence. Today it is words. Tomorrow it could be a knock on your door.

We won’t be intimidated into silence.

The issue is war crimes, not thought crimes.

Tell your state politicians: political speech should not be criminalised. Two minutes. Please do it now.

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NOT OUR LAW JOINT STATEMENT

Queensland has passed laws that criminalise Palestinians and their supporters for speaking about genocide. These laws were not designed to keep Queenslanders safe. These absurd and dangerous laws were designed to silence Palestinian voices and protect a foreign government from criticism while it commits genocide.

Justice for Palestine Magan-Djin/Brisbane is the Palestinian-led organisation in Brisbane at the centre of this fight. Any serious opposition to these laws needs Palestinian voices at its heart - and we need allies around us.

When we work together we become something harder to ignore and harder to dismiss.

We have drafted a joint statement below opposing these laws. To co-sign, please fill in your organisations details.

We, the undersigned, declare our support for the NOT OUR LAW campaign:

The Fighting Antisemitism and Keeping Guns Out of the Hands of Terrorists and Criminals Amendment Act 2026 is an attack on the democratic rights of all Queenslanders.

We oppose all forms of racism, including antisemitism and Islamophobia. We believe that a safe community is one where freedoms and civil liberties are protected, not criminalised for short-term political gain. These laws criminalise legitimate political speech. They were passed without adequate public consultation and Palestinian voices were excluded. They have already been used to arrest Australians, putting our citizens’ safety at risk.

Any serious challenge to these laws must centre Palestinian voices - because Palestinians are the ones being silenced, and Palestinian human rights is what this government is trying to make unspeakable.

We are calling on Premier Crisafulli to:
- Immediately repeal the sections of this bill that restrict political speech
- Drop all charges against those arrested under these laws
- Commit to no further arrests under this legislation

We are calling on the federal Labor government to:
- Publicly oppose Queensland’s criminalisation of Palestinian advocacy
- Stop shielding Israel from accountability at the UN and in Australian foreign policy

We are building a broad alliance to fight these laws through every means available - legal challenges, political pressure, and mass mobilisation.

You cannot ban freedom.