Brown v Tasmania: High court delivers a win for protesters

Abstract

Former Greens Senator and environmental activist Bob Brown recently brought a successful constitutional challenge to Tasmanian anti-protest laws. In Brown v Tasmania [2017] HCA 43; 91 ALJR 1089, the High Court ruled in favour of Brown and second plaintiff Jessica Hoyt, applying the constitutional freedom of political communication to invalidate provisions of the Workplaces (Protection from Protesters) Act 2014 (Tas) (the ‘Protestors Act’) insofar as they applied to forestry land. Show more