AJ 025 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Dyson Heydon, Susan Crennan, Susan Kiefel
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Vic law prohibiting certain people from entering permitted hunting areas between certain hours. Hours in question were times when hunting took place. P entered a hunting area during the restricted times without a permit to take photos of dead ducks for protest against hunting. Challenged laws, said they are invalid because they infringe the freedom of political communication. Yes, levy was prevented from protesting and banned his political speech. Yes, requiring a license is proportionate to achieving this end goal of safety. C was law student and activist protesting against townsville police. Distributed pamphlets on the street about police"s conduct in arrest, singled out power as a corrupt cop. Power showed up and asked for a pamphlet and coleman yelled out to surrounding people that power was corrupt and swore. Coleman arrested under qld statute for using threatening or abusive language in public. Challenged section he was charged under for breaching freedom of political communication.