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Internet censorship in Australia is enforced by both the country's criminal law [1] [2] as well as voluntarily enacted by internet service providers. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has the power to enforce content restrictions on Internet content hosted within Australia, and maintain a blocklist of overseas ...
Australian law of defamation developed primarily out of the English law of defamation and its cases, though now there are differences introduced by statute and by the implied constitutional limitation on governmental powers to limit speech of a political nature established in Lange v Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1997). [45]
Pages in category "2019 in Australian law" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Publication of the allegations, based on leaked documents, by the ABC lead in 2019 to the Australian Federal Police raiding the ABC's Ultimo offices (as well as News Corp journalist Annika Smethurst's home, due to her reporting on another leaked plan to allow the ASD to spy on Australian citizens). Media organisations feared the raids posed a ...
28 September – Australian rules football: Richmond defeats Greater Western Sydney 17.12 (114) to 3.7 (25), winning the 2019 AFL Grand Final. [ 63 ] 29 September – Surfing: Mitch Parkinson wins the So Sri Lanka Pro 2019 as a part of the World Surf League , his first career WSL title.
The laws would give low-ranking government bureaucrats broad powers to ban protests. The laws were labelled a "fundamental attack on democracy" by a university law lecturer. [7] In 2019, there were calls to review "two decades of 'piecemeal' legislation restricting freedom to protest at both state [NSW] and federal level".
The Sexpo festival, 2012. While pornography is legal in Australia, compared to other Western countries, Australia has historically had restrictive laws. Prior to the invention of internet pornography, pornographic films were de facto illegal in all six states, with pornography only being legal in the territories.
Tasmania's Biosecurity Act 2019 (assented to 26 August 2019) [65] replaced seven separate Acts, whose regulations are still being applied until full implementation of the Act, expected around 2023. One of the key products of the Act was the creation of the Biosecurity Advisory Committee.