Jones v Scully FCA 879

Jones v Scully FCA 879

Brief outline from the FAC report:

1 On 21 September 2000 the Human Rights and Equal Oppor­tun­ity Com­mis­sion (“HREOC”) determ­ined that Mrs Olga Scully engaged in conduct rendered unlawful by Part IIA of the Racial Dis­crim­in­a­tion Act 1975 (“RDA”) by “dis­trib­ut­ing anti-Semitic lit­er­at­ure in let­ter­boxes in Launce­st­on, Tasmania, and by selling or offering to sell such lit­er­at­ure at a public market in Launce­st­on”. HREOC made declar­a­tions that Mrs Scully should not repeat or continue the unlawful conduct and that she should apologise for her unlawful conduct by writing a letter of apology to the com­plain­ants in the terms specified in the decision.

Jones v Scully [2001] FCA 879

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