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Brown v Tasmania

(2017) 261 CLR 328
JurisdictionAustralia
CourtHigh Court of Australia
Year2017
StatusBinding authority

Summary

Tasmanian anti-protest legislation struck down as an unjustified burden on the implied freedom of political communication, failing the reasonably appropriate and adapted test.

Key Principle

The HCA struck down anti-protest legislation in Tasmania as an impermissible burden on the implied freedom of political communication; the legislation was not reasonably appropriate and adapted to a legitimate end.

Area of Law

constitutional

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