Bennett v Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
CourtFederal Court
Neutral Citation2003-1210 FCA B
Date2003
Year2003

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4 cases
  • Comcare v Banerji
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 7 August 2019
    ...also McManus v Scott-Charlton (1996) 70 FCR 16 at 24-25 per Finn J; Bennett v President, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (2003) 134 FCR 334 at 348-349 [54] per Finn 53 Commonwealth Public Service Act 1902 (Cth). 54 (2008) 237 CLR 146 at 164 [55] per Gummow, Hayne, Heydon and C......
  • Lex Patrick Wotton v State of Queensland and Another
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 29 February 2012
    ...CLR 181 at 231 [113]; [2011] HCA 24. 6 (1952) 85 CLR 488 at 522; [1952] HCA 17. 7 (1979) 46 FLR 470 at 476. 8 Cf Bennett v Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (2003) 134 FCR 334 at 359-360; Thomas v Chicago Park District 534 US 316 at 323 9 These are parts of the statute but are......
  • Chok Kin Ming v Equal Opportunities Commission
    • Hong Kong
    • High Court (Hong Kong)
    • 17 March 2017
    ...relying on the decision of the Federal Court of Australia in Bennett v President, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (2003) 134 FCR 334, Mr Khaw submitted that as a matter of law and fundamental human rights, an employee is entitled to express opinions that are against the polici......
  • The Queen v Tjanara Goreng-Goreng
    • Australia
    • Supreme Court of ACT
    • 18 August 2008
    ...v Commonwealth (1997) 190 CLR 1 Levy v State of Victoria (1997) 189 CLR 579 Bennett v Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (2003) 134 FCR 334 Lange v Australian Broadcasting Commission (1997) 189 CLR 520 De Freitas v Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Lands ......
5 books & journal articles
  • The Constitutional (In)Validity of Religious Vilification Laws: Implications for their Interpretation
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 34-2, June 2006
    • 1 June 2006
    ...Spigelman CJ, Priestley and Meagher JJA, 2 August 2000); Bennett v President, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (2003) 134 FCR 334, 354 (Finn J). 31 ACTV (1992) 177 CLR 106, 187. 32 ACTV (1992) 177 CLR 106, 232; Theophanous v Herald and Weekly Times Ltd (1994) 182 CLR 104, 206 (......
  • Contracts and the Implied Freedom of Political Communication
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 49-1, March 2021
    • 1 March 2021
    ...‘The Implied Freedom of Political Communication and Disclosure ofGovernment Information’ (2000) 28(1) Federal Law Review 41, 48.128. (2003) 134 FCR 334 (‘Bennett’).129. Irving (n 7) 518–21 [9.18].130. Bennett (n 128) 362–4.56 Federal Law Review Air Services Australia (‘Hughes’),131handed do......
  • Water Accounting Information and Confidentiality in Australia
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 41-1, March 2013
    • 1 March 2013
    ...IV(B)(1). 180 Water Agenc ies (Powers) Act 1984 (WA) s 112(4). 181 Bennett v President, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (2003) 134 FCR 334. 2013 Water Accounting Information and Confidentiality in Australia 155 __________________________________________________________________......
  • Public Servants and the Implied Freedom of Political Communication
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 49-1, March 2021
    • 1 March 2021
    ...Making Our Governors Our Servants’ (1994) 5 Public Law Review 43; Bennett v President, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission [2003] FCA 1433. 60. Bennett [2003] FCA 1433.61. Ibid [79].62. Ibid Federal Law Review 49(1) Court; on the other hand, there is a dearth of precedent on the q......
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