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Simon Breheny
Director, Legal Rights Project
Simon Breheny is Director of the Legal Rights Project at the Institute of Public Affairs.
Simon has been published in The Australian, the Sydney Morning Herald, the Herald Sun, the Punch, the Canberra Times and the Sunday Tasmanian. He is regularly interviewed on radio in relation to legal rights and rule of law issues and has appeared on ABC News Breakfast, Channel 7's Weekend Sunrise and Sky News' PM Agenda. Simon has also appeared as a witness to give expert evidence before the Senate Standing Committee on Environment and Communications, NSW Legislative Council Standing Committee on Law and Justice, Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee and the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security.
Simon is currently completing a Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws at the University of Melbourne. While completing his studies, Simon was elected President of the Melbourne University Law Students' Society and appointed Vice-President of the Victorian Council of Law Students' Societies.
Areas of expertise: legal rights, rule of law, legal history and philosophy, property rights, regulatory agencies.
Contact details
Telephone: 03 9600 4744
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Freedom of speech threatened by Tasmanian bill
"Proposed changes contained in the Reproductive Health (Access to Terminations) Bill 2013 threaten freedom of speech and freedom of conscience," said Simon Breheny, director of the Legal Rights Project at free market think tank the Institute of...
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From: John Roskam Sent: Tuesday, 19 March 2013 5:19 PM To: IPA members Subject: Announcement to IPA members - former High Court judge, Ian Callinan AC QC to advise IPA on media laws Dear IPA member, I'm writing to let all Institute of Public...
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