Burns -v- Dye [2002] NSWADT 32

CITATION: Burns -v- Dye [2002] NSWADT 32 DIVISION: Equal Opportunity Division APPLICANT PARTIES: Gary Burns RESPONDENT John Dye FILE NUMBER: 991115 HEARING DATES: 09/05/2001, 10/07/2001, 20/09/2001, 08/11/2001 SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 11/08/2001 DATE OF DECISION: 03/12/2002

BEFORE: Britton A - Judicial Member; Silva A - Member; Toltz D - Member APPLICATION: Vilification - Homosexual MATTER FOR DECISION: Principal matter LEGISLATION CITED : Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 Defamation Act 1974 Reyes-Gonzalez v Sydney Institute Of Technology [1998] NSWEOT 6/3/98 Ehl v Dept of Education and Training & NSW Teachers Federation [1999] NSWADT 102 Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service v Orr [2001] NSWADTAP 16 R v Ashley (1991) 77 NTR 27 Kane v Church of Jesus Christ Christian Aryan Nations (No 3) (1992) 18 CHHR 268 R v D and E Marinkovic [1996] EOC 92-841 Anderson v Thompson [2001] NSWADT11 CASES CITED: Kazak v John Fairfax Publications Limited [2000] NSWADT 77 Western Aboriginal Legal Service Limited v Jones & Anor [2000] NSWADT 102 Wagga Wagga Aboriginal Action Group v Eldridge [1995] EOC 92-701 Hellenic Council of NSW v Apoleski and the Macedonian Youth Association (1995) NSWEOT 25/9/1997 Malco & others v Massaris & others (1998) NSWEOT 12/2/1998 Harou-Sourdon v TCN Channel Nine Pty Ltd [1994] EOC 92-604 O' Callaghan v Loder [1984] EOC 92-023 Waterhouse v Bell (1991) 25 NSWLR 99 Callaghan v. Wm C. Lynch Pty Ltd (1961) 79W.N. (NSW) 830 Hall v Sheiban (1985) ALR 503 APPLICANT REPRESENTATION: J Hunter, solicitor (all days); M Bateman, barrister (10 July 2001) RESPONDENT M Konda, solicitor (9 May 2001); L Karp, barrister (10 July 2001; in person (20 September 2001); A Sullivan, barrister ( 8 November 2001) ORDERS: 1. The respondent to pay to the complainant the sum of $1000 within 28 days of the date of these orders; 2. The respondent send a letter of apology in the terms as set out in Annexure A within 28 days of the date of these orders.