Short part: Does AU/NSW guarantee Freedom of Speech and/or Expression similar to the USA?
Long question: So I have been trying to figure out if AU protects freedom of speech/expression and if so, to what degree. But I have come up with different things reading different articles and a couple court cases. It seems to me freedom of speech is guaranteed until it's not - basically, it comes down to the judge determining if speech is free or not if someone decides to take you to court. Is this view correct?
If not I'd love to know more and happily will read whatever is appropriate but I am not a solicitor or lawyer so cases sometimes lose me in their details, which is why I came here to the brain-trust of AU law experts for info.
I had always thought that if it wasn't explicitly made illegal that it was legal in the AU/UK law system but this doesn't seem to be the case.
Thanks all.
P.S. I did search this forum for "Freedom of Speech" and Expression and nothing came up
Long question: So I have been trying to figure out if AU protects freedom of speech/expression and if so, to what degree. But I have come up with different things reading different articles and a couple court cases. It seems to me freedom of speech is guaranteed until it's not - basically, it comes down to the judge determining if speech is free or not if someone decides to take you to court. Is this view correct?
If not I'd love to know more and happily will read whatever is appropriate but I am not a solicitor or lawyer so cases sometimes lose me in their details, which is why I came here to the brain-trust of AU law experts for info.
I had always thought that if it wasn't explicitly made illegal that it was legal in the AU/UK law system but this doesn't seem to be the case.
Thanks all.
P.S. I did search this forum for "Freedom of Speech" and Expression and nothing came up