Cheema v State of New South Wales [2020] NSWCA 190

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Cheema v State of New South Wales [2020] NSWCA 190 Hearing dates: 17 August 2020 Decision date: 21 August 2020 Before: Bathurst CJ; Leeming JA; White JA. Decision: (1) To the extent necessary, extend the time to appeal to 15 July 2020. (2) Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – extended supervision order – Terrorism (High Risk Offenders) Act 2017 (NSW) – whether appellant was a "convicted NSW terrorism activity offender" – whether primary judge applied heightened standard of satisfaction imposed by Act – whether appellant had made statement advocating support for any terrorist act or violent extremism – deeming provision extended statements advocating support to "using or displaying images or symbols" associated with organisation that supports terrorist acts or violent extremism – whether images or symbols excluded alpha-numeric images or symbols – whether appellant's posting on Facebook concerning new nasheed from Islamic State's Ajnad Media engaged deeming provision – whether deeming provision should be read down on basis of constitutionally implied limitation on legislative power to restrict political communication – appeal dismissed Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), s 51B Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 (NSW) Terrorism (High Risk Offenders) Act 2017 (NSW), ss 4, 6, 10, 24, 28, 53 Cases Cited: Brown v Tasmania (2017) 261 CLR 328; [2017] HCA 43 Clubb v Edwards; Preston v Avery [2019] HCA 11; 93 ALJR 448 Coleman v Power (2004) 220 CLR 1; [2004] HCA 39 Lynn v State of New South Wales [2019] NSWCA 300 McCloy v New South Wales (2015) 257 CLR 178; [2015] HCA 34 State of New South Wales v Cheema (Preliminary) [2020] NSWSC 876 State of New South Wales v Naaman (No 2) [2018] NSWCA 328; 276 A Crim R 30 Sunol v Collier (No 2) [2012] NSWCA 44; 289 ALR 128 Tajjour v New South Wales (2014) 254 CLR 508; [2014] HCA 35 Waterways Authority v Fitzgibbon [2005] HCA 57; 79 ALJR 1816 Texts Cited: M Walton and S Hayward, "Contesting Buddhist Narratives: Democratization, Nationalism and Communal Violence in Myanmar" (2014) 71 Policy Studies Category: Principal judgment Parties: Ahsan Kamal Cheema (Appellant) State of New South Wales (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: M Robinson SC, J Lucy (Appellant) A Casselden SC, S Robertson, P Aitken (Respondent)