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  2. Victoria v Commonwealth (September 1975) - Wikipedia

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    Victoria v Commonwealth [1] was an important decision of the High Court of Australia concerning the procedures in section 57 of the Constitution. The decision was one of several by the High Court following the 1974 joint sitting of the Australian Parliament .

  3. Racial and Religious Tolerance Act 2001 - Wikipedia

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    The Racial and Religious Tolerance Act 2001 is an Act of the Parliament of Victoria, Australia, that makes behaviour that incites or encourages hatred, serious contempt, revulsion or severe ridicule against another person or group of people, because of their race or religion, unlawful in Victoria.

  4. Constitution of Victoria - Wikipedia

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    The Constitution of Victoria is the constitution of the state of Victoria, Australia. The current constitution, the Constitution Act 1975 has been amended over 120 times. Since 1901, Victoria has been a state of the Commonwealth of Australia, and its relationship with the Commonwealth is regulated by the federal Constitution of Australia .

  5. Hate speech laws in Australia - Wikipedia

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    The Racial Discrimination Act 1975 forbids hate speech on several grounds. The Act makes it "unlawful for a person to do an act, otherwise than in private, if: the act is reasonably likely, in all the circumstances, to offend, insult, humiliate or intimidate another person or a group of people; and the act is done because of the race, colour or national or ethnic origin of the other person, or ...

  6. Anti-discrimination laws in Australia - Wikipedia

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    Anti-discrimination laws in Australia have been enacted at both federal and state/territory levels to outlaw discrimination and harassment in a range of areas of public life. [1] Federal law operate concurrently with state/territory laws, so both sets of laws must be followed.

  7. List of High Court of Australia cases - Wikipedia

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    the constitutional validity of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth) Actors and Announcers Equity Association v. Fontana Films Pty Ltd: 1982 150 CLR 169 Gibbs: 213 extent of corporations power Legione v Hatley: 1983 152 CLR 406 Gibbs: 839 the adoption of promissory estoppel into Australian law R v Pearson; Ex parte Sipka: 1983 152 CLR 254 ...

  8. Category:Discrimination in Australia - Wikipedia

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    Anti-discrimination laws in Australia; N. ... V. Victorian bias in the Australian Football League This page was last edited on 5 October 2020, at 01:57 (UTC). ...

  9. Section 117 of the Constitution of Australia - Wikipedia

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    The practical effect of a law on out-of-state residents is what is to be considered, even if the law nominally applies to all subjects of the Queen, regardless of their state of residence. In determining whether discrimination has occurred, the relative positions of the person claiming discrimination and a hypothetical person who has the same ...