Bob Brown's lawyer argues Tasmania's anti-protest laws designed to stop free speech
by Paul Karp from Environment | The Guardian on (#2N22Z)
Ron Merkel tells high court laws not designed to protect businesses but to stop environmental protests
The "true purpose" of Tasmanian anti-protest laws is not to protect businesses but to stop political communication such as environmental campaigns, Bob Brown's lawyers have told the high court.
On Tuesday the high court held the first day of the full hearing of Brown's challenge to the controversial Tasmanian anti-protest laws after he was arrested in January 2016 at Lapoinya state forest near Burnie in Tasmania's north-west.
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