This article considers the legal status of protest rights in Australia during the COVID-19 public health crisis. It discusses jurisprudence of the New South Wales Supreme Court regarding the legality of mass gatherings for the purpose of protest during the COVID pandemic. Balancing protest rights with risks to community safety posed by possible coronavirus transmission at public assemblies, the Court has sometimes allowed and sometimes prohibited protests. The article critically examines the policing of protest during the pandemic and explores some of the implications of comparing emergency measures introduced during the COVID crisis with similar measures introduced in the wake of the 9/11 terror attacks.

本文考虑了 COVID-19 公共卫生危机期间澳大利亚抗议权的法律地位。它讨论了新南威尔士州最高法院关于在 COVID 大流行期间以抗议为目的的群众集会的合法性的判例。在抗议权利与可能在公共集会中传播冠状病毒对社区安全构成的风险之间取得平衡时，法院有时允许有时禁止抗议。这篇文章批判性地研究了大流行期间抗议的警务工作，并探讨了将 COVID 危机期间采取的紧急措施与 9/11 恐怖袭击之后采取的类似措施进行比较的一些影响。