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Case information
Lower Court Judgment
23/08/2024 Federal Court of Australia (Logan, Perry and Meagher JJ)
Catchwords
Elections – electoral matter – Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (Cth), s 321D(5) – where appellate contravened s 321D(5) by communicating electoral matter without disclosing prescribed details by posting on particular Facebook page – where primary judge found single act of publication of publication of post constituted single breach of s 321D(5) irrespective of how many times post viewed – where Full Federal Court allowed appeal – whether Full Court erred in finding s 321D(5) breached on each occasion p0erson viewed post rather than finding contravention when appellant caused post to be published – meaning of “communicated to a person” in s 321D(1).
Documents
05/12/2024 Determination
19/12/2024 Notice of appeal
20/02/2025 Written submissions (Appellant)
20/02/2025 Chronology (Appellant)
17/03/2025 Written submissions (Respondent)
24/03/2025 Reply
09/04/2025 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra) (Audio-visual recording)
09/04/2025 Outline of oral argument (Appellant)
09/04/2025 Outline of oral argument (Respondent)
13/08/2025 Judgment (Judgment summary)