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Blasphemy
Reference received: 26 September 1991
Report
Report 74: Blasphemy [PDF, 192Kb], November 1994
Tabled in parliament: 25 May 1995
Judicial citation: Pell v Council of Trustees of the National Gallery of Victoria [1998] 2 VR 391
Journal article: R Mortensen, "Blasphemy in a secular state: a pardonable sin?" (1994) 17 University of New South Wales Law Journal 409
Discussion paper
Discussion Paper 24: Blasphemy, February 1992
Terms of reference
To inquire into and report the following matters:
(i) whether the present law relating to the offence of blasphemy is adequate and appropriate to current conditions; and
(ii) any related matter.
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