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Stop the SLAPP: Protecting Free Speech in Australia

Human Rights Law Centre’s 2024 report, Stop the SLAPP, shines a light on the rise of Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation being used in Australia by the powerful and the wealthy against human rights defenders, journalists, whistleblowers, activists or civil society groups for their advocacy.

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Open letter to the Attorney-General of Australia regarding anti-SLAPP protections

In October 2024, over 75 civil society organisations wrote to the Attorney General calling for anti-SLAPP legislation to protect peoples right to public participation

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