by Terri M. Kelleher
Tasmanian Senator Claire Chandler is the latest public figure to fall foul of vilification provisions in anti-discrimination laws (that is vilification laws). She had a complaint laid against her to the Tasmanian Human Rights Commission for comments in an article she wrote about women’s sport being for biological women.
The complaint against Senator Chandler was made under Section 17 of the Tasmanian Anti-Discrimination Act, which provides: “A person must not engag…
