Joshua Forrester, Murdoch University; Augusto Zimmermann, Murdoch University, and Lorraine Finlay, Murdoch University
In a decision that was 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 students Alex Wood, Calum Thwaites and Jackson Powell. Prior had alleged that these students breached section 18C. Judge Michael Jarrett concluded that Prior’s claim against them had no reasonable prospect of success.
What was the case about?
On May 28, 2013, Wood and two other students were using a QUT computer lab when Prior asked them whether they were indigenous. They replied they weren’t. Prior then asked them to leave.
Later that day, on the “QUT Stalkerspace” Facebook page, Wood posted:
Just got kicked out of the unsigned Indigenous computer room. QUT stopping…
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