Legal Opinions

Opinion Number. 675

Subject

SEDITION: WAR PRECAUTIONS
WHETHER PROSECUTION LIES AGAINST CERTAIN NEWSPAPER FOR ALLEGED SEDITIOUS ARTICLE

AuthorMOORE William Harrison | Date
Key Legislation

WAR PRECAUTIONS ACT 1914, s. 6: WAR PRECAUTIONS REGULATIONS 1915, reg. 28

Mr McGrath, M.P., has drawn the attention of the Minister for Defence to the following passage in a leading article in the Argus of 23 November, relating to a judgment of Mr Justice Heydon in the Industrial Court of New South Wales:

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