Ag-Gag Laws in Australia: Activists under Fire May Not Be out of the Woods Yet
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This paper examines the potential impact of Australia’s proposed ‘ag-gag’ laws in light of the decision of the High Court in ABC v Lenah Game Meats. It also explores the possible consequences of the (suggested) reforms on animal advocates, animal welfare, and our democratic and constitutional right to free political communication. The paper concludes that while the proposed laws may be unable to achieve their intended effect, they still present an inchoate threat to public debate and have the potential to undermine the democracy envisaged by the Australian Constitution.
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Griffith Journal of Law and Human Dignity
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6
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© The Author(s) 2018. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) License, which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, providing that the work is properly cited.
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Environmental and resources law
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Englezos, E, Ag-Gag Laws in Australia: Activists under Fire May Not Be out of the Woods Yet, Griffith Journal of Law and Human Dignity, 2018, 6 (1), pp. 272-272