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Simon Breheny
Freedom of speech threatened by Tasmanian bill
"Proposed changes contained in the Reproductive Health (Access to Terminations) Bill 2013 threaten freedom of speech and freedom of conscience," said Simon Breheny, director of the Legal Rights Project at free market think tank the Institute of...
Emails to IPA members
From: John Roskam Sent: Tuesday, 19 March 2013 5:19 PM To: IPA members Subject: Announcement to IPA members - former High Court judge, Ian Callinan AC QC to advise IPA on media laws Dear IPA member, I'm writing to let all Institute of Public...
IPA condemns attack on right to silence
"Moves by the New South Wales government to remove the right to silence in the state are an outrageous attack on fundamental legal rights," said Simon Breheny, director of the Legal Rights Project at free market think tank the Institute of Public...
Gillard backdown on anti-discrimination laws a victory for free speech
The Institute of Public Affairs, the organisation that led the public campaign against the Gillard government's proposed changes to anti-discrimination laws, said today that the decision to withdraw the legislation was a victory for freedom of...
IPA FreedomWatch Factsheet: News Media 'Reform' Bills Package 2013
News Media 'Reform' Bills Package 2013
Gillard government seizure of inactive bank accounts is an attack on property rights
"The Gillard government's plan to take money from dormant bank accounts is a shameful grab for cash and a significant attack on property rights," said Simon Breheny, director of the Legal Rights Project at free market think tank the Institute of...
Discrimination bill still threatens rights, should be scrapped
"Labor Senators on the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee have today acknowledged that their own government's draft anti-discrimination legislation threatens free speech. Their recommendation that Section 19 (2)(b), which made it...
Dreyfus must abandon the anti-discrimination draft Bill
"Newly appointed Commonwealth Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus should abandon his predecessor's attempts to consolidate federal anti-discrimination law, and repeal s 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975," said Simon Breheny, Director, Legal...
Legal rights stripped under changes to anti-doping laws
"The Gillard government's proposed changes to anti-doping laws would give police-like investigative powers to anti-doping bureaucrats and strip away legal rights, such as the right to silence," said Simon Breheny, director of the Legal Rights...
Roxon back down welcome, but doesn't go far enough
"Attorney-General Nicola Roxon's back down today over her anti-free speech discrimination laws is welcome," said Simon Breheny, director of the Legal Rights Project at free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs. "The IPA was the first...