Burns v Sunol [2018] NSWCATAD 10

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Burns v Sunol [2018] NSWCATAD 10 Hearing dates: 14 July 2017, 6 September 2017 Date of orders: 10 January 2018 Decision date: 10 January 2018 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: A Britton (Principal Member) J Newman (General Member) Decision: 1. The complaint alleging unlawful vilification in relation to Statement 1, is substantiated.

2. The balance of the complaint alleging unlawful vilification is dismissed.

3. The matter is listed for a directions hearing on 16 January 2018 at 9:30am. Catchwords: HUMAN RIGHTS — homosexual vilification — meaning of "public act" — whether the publication had the capacity to incite hatred towards, serious contempt for, homosexual persons

HUMAN RIGHTS — victimisation — whether person was subjected to "a detriment"

PROCEDURAL FAIRNESS — bias — apprehended bias Legislation Cited: Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW) Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW) Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) Cases Cited: British American Tobacco Australia Services Ltd v Laurie (2011) 242 CLR 283; [2011] HCA 2 Burns v Dye [2002] NSWADT 32 Burns v Sunol [2012] NSWADT 246 Burns v Sunol [2014] NSWCATAD 192 Burns v Sunol [2015] NSWCATAD 178 Burns v Sunol [2016] NSWCATAD 74 Burns v Sunol [2016] NSWCATAD 81 Burns v Sunol [2017] NSWCATAD 215 Burns v Sunol (No 2) [2017] NSWCATAD 236 Commissioner of Police, NSW Police v Mooney (No 3) (EOD) [2004] NSWADTAP 22 Ebner v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy (2000) 205 CLR 337; [2000] HCA 63 Isbester v Knox City Council (2015) 255 CLR 135; [2015] HCA 20 Jones v Trad [2013] NSWCA 389 Kazak v John Fairfax Publications Limited [1995] EOC 92-701 Kazak v John Fairfax Publications Limited (EOD) [2000] NSWADT 77 Lee v Cha & Ors [2008] NSWCA 13 Margan v Manias [2014] NSWCATAP 16 Margan v Manias [2015] NSWCA 388 Michael Wilson & Partners v Nicholls (2011) 244 CLR 427; [2011] HCA 48 Nicholls & Nicholls v Director-General Department of Education and Training (No 2) [2009] NSWADTAP 20 ResMed Limited v Australian Manufacturing Workers Union [2015] FCAFC 106; FCR 152 Shaikh v Commissioner, NSW Fire Brigades (1996) EOC 92-808 Sivananthan v Commissioner of Police [2001] NSWADT 44 South Western Sydney Area Health Services v Edmonds [2007] NSWCA 16 Sunol v Burns [2015] NSWCATAP 207 Sunol v Collier and anor (No 2) [2012] NSWCA 44 Webb v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 41; [1994] HCA 30 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Garry Burns (Applicant) John Sunol (Respondent) Representation: In Person (Applicant) In Person (Respondent) File Number(s): 2017/00100865