Measures to ban specific slogans are bad for democracy and an attack on free speech, says a high-powered King's Counsel who has worked at the International Criminal Court. The NSW government's intention to outlaw the phrase "globalise the Intifada" curbs legitimate political communication, according to Sheryn Omeri KC, who practices in Australia and the United Kingdom. "If it bears fruit, it would amount to one of the most significant attacks - if not the most significant attack - on freedom of expression in Australia I can recall," she told AAP. "It's impossible to have a functioning democracy where people are...