Ekermawi v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2019] NSWCATAD 79

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Ekermawi v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2019] NSWCATAD 79 Hearing dates: 8 February 2019 Date of orders: 02 May 2019 Decision date: 02 May 2019 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: M Tibbey, Senior Member A Lowe, General Member Decision: Complaint upheld Catchwords: HUMAN RIGHTS – racial vilification – meaning of "public act" – "capacity to incite serous hatred, ridicule or contempt" – relevance of intention – defence or exception of "reasonably and in good faith" Legislation Cited: Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW), ss4, 20C, 108. Cases Cited: Bropho Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (2004) 135 FCR 105 Burns v Cunningham [2011] NSWADT 240 Burns v Dye [2002] NSWADT 32 Burns v Laws (EOD) [2008] NSWADTAP 32 Burns v Sunol [2012] NSWADT 246 Burns v Sunol [2018] NSWCATAD 10 Collier v Sunol [2005] NSWADT 261 Ekermawi v Nine Network Australia Pty Ltd [2019] NSWCATAD 29 John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd v Kazak [2002] NSWADTAP 35 Jones v Trad [2013] NSWCA 389 Kazak v John Fairfax Publications Limited [2000] NSWADT 77 Nicholls and Nicholls v Director General, Department of Education and Training (No 1) [2009] NSWADTAP20 Russell v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service & Ors [2001] NSWADT 32 Sunol v Collier and Anor (No 2) [2012] NSWCA 44 Veloskey v Karagiannakis [2002] NSWADTAP18 Texts Cited: Neil Rees, Simon Rice and Dominique Allen Anti-Discrimination Law Second Edition, Federation Press, 2014 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Sam Ekermawi (Applicant) Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force (Respondent) Representation: Self-represented (Applicant) K. Eastman SC (Counsel for Respondent) Minter Ellison (Solicitors for Respondent) File Number(s): 2018/00229782 Publication restriction: Nil