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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.