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Category: Freedom from racial discrimination

Watch our new video on discrimination

Published March 8, 2017March 13, 2017 by Marius Smith in Freedom from discrimination, Freedom from racial discrimination
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‘Dollar Dave’ and the Reserve Bank: a tale of art, theft and human rights

Published March 22, 2016April 6, 2016 by Castan Centre in Australia, Freedom from racial discrimination, Indigenous rights, Racism
2 Comments

Freedom, the sublime and the patriotic

Published November 3, 2014 by Guest in Australia, Australian Human Rights Commission, Australian Law, Discrimination, Discrimination law, Freedom, Freedom from racial discrimination, Freedom of Expression, Racism
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Freeing the RDA ‘Free Speech’ submissions

Published June 26, 2014November 11, 2016 by Melissa Castan in Australia, Australian Law, Discrimination, Freedom, Freedom from hate speech, Freedom from racial discrimination, Racism
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2014 Castan Human Rights Report: The “freedom” debate

Published April 28, 2014June 2, 2014 by Sarah Joseph in Australia, Discrimination, Discrimination law, Freedom, Freedom from discrimination, Freedom from hate speech, Freedom from racial discrimination, Freedom of assembly, Freedom of Expression, George Brandis, Internet
1 Comment

Guest Blog: Racism is a moral bad that our law should combat

Published April 14, 2014 by Guest in Discrimination, Discrimination law, Freedom from hate speech, Freedom from racial discrimination, Freedom of Expression
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Freedom: the government’s inconsistent approach

Published April 10, 2014 by Sarah Joseph in Australia, Discrimination law, Freedom, Freedom from discrimination, Freedom from hate speech, Freedom from racial discrimination, Freedom of assembly, Freedom of Expression, George Brandis, Internet
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Rights to bigotry and green lights to hate

Published March 28, 2014 by Sarah Joseph in Andrew Bolt, Australia, Australian Law, Discrimination, Discrimination law, Freedom from hate speech, Freedom from racial discrimination, Freedom of Expression, George Brandis, Racism, Waleed Aly
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Andrew Bolt, Free Speech, and Racial Intolerance

Published September 29, 2011March 17, 2012 by Sarah Joseph in Andrew Bolt, Australian Law, Freedom from racial discrimination, Freedom of Expression
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