The applicant sought an interlocutory injunction permitting his free access to the premises of Yeppoon Wesleyan Methodist Church. He had been a member of the congregation of that church for six years but had been forbidden from entering church property after he had repeatedly distributed ‘warning pamphlets’ in the church pigeonholes about an alleged ‘brainwashing conspiracy’ which he believed was being carried out by the church leadership. The injunction was refused on the grounds that the church leadership had absolute discretion to allow or refuse any person a licence to enter their property. The applicant had no legal right which he was seeking to protect by the injunction. The court rejected the submission that the respondents' actions had interfered with the applicant's right of free speech. Further, in any event, the balance of convenience lay in favour of a refusal of the interlocutory injunction as it was open to the applicant to worship elsewhere pending final determination of the case. [RA]
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