COVER STORY QUT discrimination case exposes Human Rights Commission failings*

In a decision that is seen as a litmus test for the controversial section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth) (RDA), the Federal Circuit Court has dismissed Cindy Prior’s case against Queensland University of Technology (QUT) students Alex Wood, Calum Thwaites and Jackson Powell. Prior had alleged that these students had breached section 18C.
Judge Michael Jarrett concluded that Prior’s claim against them had no reasonable prospect of success.
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