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Tuesday, 15 July 2008

Piss off a pilgrim

Posted on 02:40 by Unknown
Two student activists took the New South Wales Government to court today to challenge the special World Youth Day laws that allowed police to detain people or fine them $5,500 for “annoying or inconveniencing” Catholic pilgrims (first discussed in this post) – and won.They argued that the laws, which were never discussed or debated in Parliament, were unconstitutional because they would make
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