Protecting free speech:
submission to the Alice Springs Town Council in relation to the draft Alice Springs (Management of Public Places) By-laws 2009
- Title:
- Protecting free speech:
- Subtitle:
- submission to the Alice Springs Town Council in relation to the draft Alice Springs (Management of Public Places) By-laws 2009
- Author (personal):
- Simpson, Lizzie
- Mawuli, Vavaa
- Publication date:
- 28 Aug 2009
- Publication type:
- Submission
- Physical description:
- 4 p.
- Keywords:
- human rights, free speech, constitutional law
- Campaign:
- Record number:
- 829
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Abstract
PIAC made a short submission to the Alice Springs Town Council (the Council) in response to its proposed by-laws for the management of public places in the Alice Springs municipality. PIAC’s submission focuses on a particular by-law which places significant restrictions on the right to freedom of political communication implied in the Commonwealth Constitution. The submission argues that the proposed by-law may be unconstitutional and/or ultra vires as it unreasonably infringes on the right to freedom of speech. PIAC encourages the Council to revise its proposed by-law in order to ensure that it does not infringe on this civil liberty.
