Australia

Anna Brown: Searching for the Aussie ?Fair Go?: A Survey of the Legal Landscape and Road to Reform of Australian Anti-Discrimination Law

This is the article "Searching for the Aussie "Fair Go": A Survey of the Legal Landscape and Road to Reform of Australian Anti-Discrimination Law", authored by Anna Brown, published in Volume 8 of The Equal Rights Review.

Federal Court of Australia Finds that Offensive Publications Breached Racial Discrimination Act

London, 12 October 2011  

On 28 September 2011, the Federal Court of Australia issued its judgment in Eatock v Bolt [2011] FCA 1103, a case brought under the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 against the author and publisher of allegedly offensive newspaper articles.  

Ms Eatock brought proceedings against Mr Andrew Bolt and the Herald Sun Newspaper (HWT) in relation to articles written by Mr Bolt and published by HWT in print and on the Herald Sun website. Ms Eatock argued that the articles contravened section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975, which states: 

(1) It is unlawful for a person to do an act, otherwise than in private, if:

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