Executive Council of Australian Jewry v Olga Scully

Executive Council of Australian Jewry v Olga Scully

Brief outline from the HREOC report:

This is an inquiry pursuant to s.25A of the Racial Dis­crim­in­a­tion Act 1975 (Cth) (“the Act”) into a complaint by the Executive Council of Aus­trali­an Jewry (“the Council”) against Mrs Olga Scully . The complaint was lodged by letter dated 1 August 1996. The complaint was referred to the Human Rights and Equal Oppor­tun­ity Com­mis­sion (“the Com­mis­sion”) for inquiry on 23 March 1997 pursuant to s.24E of the Act. The Council alleges that the respond­ent dis­trib­uted offensive anti-Semitic lit­er­at­ure in let­ter­boxes in Launce­st­on, Tasmania and sold anti-Jewish material at the Hart Street market in Launce­st­on, Tasmania. The Council states that it has received 15 reports of receipt of anti-Semitic material allegedly sourced to Ms Scully since 1 October 1995.

Human Rights and Equal Oppor­tun­ity Com­mis­sion – ECAJ v Olga Scully [1997] HREOCA 59

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