Cotterill v Romanes and Sutton
Supreme Court of Victoria
Niall JA
17/08/2021
[2021] VSC 498
Constitutional law — Commonwealth — Implied freedom of political communication — Directions given by State officials under the Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008 (Vic) to address a serious risk to public health arising from COVID-19 pandemic — Directions restricting movement of people and public gatherings — Whether directions infringed implied freedom of political communication — Whether plaintiff had standing to seek relief — Whether constitutional test to be applied at the level of the authorizing statute or of directions made under it — Whether relevant statutory provisions infringed the implied freedom of political communication — Whether utility in granting relief — Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008 (Vic), ss 200(1)(b) and (d)
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