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High court to hear bid to overturn New South Wales ‘ag-gag’ laws
Tuesday 29 Jun 2021 by
Exclusive: Animal rights activists say laws stopping them filming in slaughterhouses breach their right to freedom of political communication
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Animal cruelty focus of NSW High Court bid
Tuesday 29 Jun 2021 by
Surveillance laws in NSW have been used to "hinder the exposure of systemic, commercialised animal cruelty," animal rights activists have said as they launch a High Court case against the state.
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Should slaughterhouses have glass walls? The campaign for greater farm transparency goes to the High Court
Thursday 8 Jul 2021 by
An Australian animal advocacy group is taking its campaign for greater transparency in animal-use industries from the streets to the High Court.
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High Court Challenge to NSW Ag-Gag Laws: An Interview With Farm Transparency Project’s Chris Delforce
Friday 16 Jul 2021 by
Animal cruelty is something the majority of the population are aghast by. And it’s for this very reason that the authorities take draconian measures to keep the horrific practices that go on within factory farms and slaughterhouses far from the...
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Farm Transparency Project raise $175k for High Court case
Monday 26 Jul 2021 by
The money raised in just 23 days for a bid to change hidden camera laws includes a donation from a prominent Aussie philanthropist.
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NSW laws criminalising secret recordings of animal cruelty 'too great a burden on speech', high court hears
Friday 26 Nov 2021 by
Laws criminalising the use of secretly recorded vision of animal cruelty and abuse are posing “too great a burden on speech”, animal rights activists have told the high court.
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Activists lose challenge to NSW laws banning secret filming of animal cruelty
Wednesday 10 Aug 2022 by
Animal rights activists have lost a landmark high court case against New South Wales laws criminalising the use of secretly recorded vision from farms and abattoirs, which they said prevented their attempts to blow the whistle on animal cruelty and abuse.
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High Court rejects NSW animal welfare case
Wednesday 10 Aug 2022 by
Animal rights activists say a High Court rejection of their challenge against surveillance laws in NSW prevents necessary exposure of the industry's animal cruelty.
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Animal welfare activists lose High Court challenge over ‘hidden camera’ laws
Wednesday 10 Aug 2022 by
The court left questions unanswered in upholding the validity of NSW laws prohibiting trespassers from publishing footage of lawful activities on private properties.
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Hidden camera expose law upheld
Wednesday 10 Aug 2022 by
The High Court has upheld a law banning animal rights activists using hidden cameras to expose cruelty in farms and slaughterhouses, but left open the possibility that the media might be permitted to use the footage.
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What the High Court decision on filming animals in farms and abattoirs really means
Thursday 25 Aug 2022 by
What do farm animals have to do with the Australian Constitution? Should the public know what happens in abattoirs and farms? Do we have the right to publish footage of what happens to animals in slaughterhouses? Should governments be able to make laws criminalising it? How do we best protect the privacy of farmers and prevent trespass?
