[4] Around this time disagreements arose between conservative and radical members of the VCCL, and in May 1980 a new committee was elected without Bennett.
Conflict ensued, with Bennett refusing to hand over control of the finances or membership list, and the matter went to court.
[citation needed] The ACLU has been characterised as "one of Victoria's foremost racist and Holocaust denying organisations".
[1] Bennett claimed in 2003 that the publication was "the most commonly used layman's guide to law in Australia", with over 500,000 copies sold or distributed for free since the first edition.
[1] He also criticised "multiculturalism and Asian immigration" in addition to criticism against the Jewish community and traditional beliefs about The Holocaust.