The Queensland Court of Appeal held ([name withheld] and [name withheld], [name withheld] dissenting) that a Townsville City Council by-law prohibiting participation in a public address without a permit did not contravene the implied constitutional freedom of political communication. The majority found the by-law was reasonably and appropriately adapted to a legitimate end and that the restriction on freedom was proportionate, applying the [name withheld] v ABC framework. The dissent of [name withheld] indicates the proportionality of the by-law's burden on political communication was genuinely contestable.
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