Michael Jarrett (judge)

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Michael Jarrett is a Judge of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia. [1] He was previously a Judge of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia until its merger with the Family Court of Australia. Before then, he was a Federal Magistrate of the Federal Magistrates Court of Australia, before it was named the Federal Circuit Court of Australia. Jarrett has presided over a variety of cases, including family law, administrative law, bankruptcy, copyright, human rights, industrial law, and trade practices. Prior to being a judge, Jarrett was a barrister.

In 2016, Jarrett decided an action involving three Queensland University of Technology (QUT) students who were accused of racial vilification under Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth). [2] One of the students was alleged to have breached Section 18C because of a Facebook post which read: "Just got kicked out of the unsigned Indigenous computer room. QUT stopping segregation with segregation." [3] [4] In November 2016, Jarrett held the claim had no reasonable prospects of success and threw out the lawsuit. [5] [4] [6] [7] [8]

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References

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  2. ↑ "President of the Australian Human Rights Commission facing possible defamation action". ABC News . 9 November 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "Lawyer criticises Gillian Triggs as 18C university case thrown out". SBS World News . 4 November 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  4. 1 2 Forrester, Joshua. Zimmerman, Augusto. Finlay, Lorraine (7 November 2016). "QUT discrimination case exposes Human Rights Commission failings". The Conversation . Retrieved 19 April 2017.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ↑ "Identity politics, political correctness and Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act". Sterling Law. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  6. ↑ Chan, Gabrielle (4 November 2016). "QUT computer lab racial discrimination lawsuit thrown out". The Guardian Australia. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  7. ↑ Jarrett, Michael (judge) (4 November 2016). "Prior v Queensland University of Technology & Ors (No.2) [2016] FCCA 2853 (4 November 2016)". Australasian Legal Information Institute. AustLII . Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  8. ↑ Gordon, Michael (7 November 2016). "Gillian Triggs hits back at 'deeply misleading' Malcolm Turnbull over 18C claims". Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 19 April 2017.


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