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] [3] 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."[4][5] In November 2016, Jarrett held the claim had no reasonable prospects of success and threw out the lawsuit.[6][5][7][8][9]
References
edit- ^ "Appointments to the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1)". Our ministers – Attorney-General’s portfolio. 15 October 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
- ^ "Identity politics, political correctness and Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act". Sterling Law. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
- ^ "President of the Australian Human Rights Commission facing possible defamation action". ABC News. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
- ^ "Lawyer criticises Gillian Triggs as 18C university case thrown out". SBS World News. 4 November 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
- ^ a b 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) - ^ "Identity politics, political correctness and Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act". Sterling Law. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
- ^ Chan, Gabrielle (4 November 2016). "QUT computer lab racial discrimination lawsuit thrown out". The Guardian Australia. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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