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Attorney-General (Vic) ex rel Black v Commonwealth (popularly known as the DOGS case) was a 1981 Australia High Court case that held federal funding of non-government schools operated by religious organisations did not contravene the establishment clause when the funding was for ordinary educational purposes.
Deals with s90 of the constitution, which prohibits States from levying export duties Aston v Harlee Manufacturing Co: 1960 103 CLR 391 Dixon: 328 a person register a trade mark in Australia even if it is used by someone else in a foreign country & not in Australia Swift Australian Co (Pty) Ltd v Boyd Parkinson: 1962 108 CLR 189 Dixon: 28
6 (plus 1. perp) 0 Roderick A. Davies, a 36-year-old carpenter, shot his wife and five children dead before taking his own life. [9] Boulder and Kalgoorlie bombings 1 February 1942 Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia: 14: 15 Bombing of a boarding house containing 30 people in Boulder, Western Australia by 45-year-old Pero Raecivich. [10]
Baker and Crump were tried in the Supreme Court of NSW before Justice Robert Lindsay Taylor. At their trial, they pleaded not guilty to the four charges of murdering Lamb, conspiracy to murder Morse, maliciously wounding a police officer with intent to prevent lawful apprehension and shooting at police with intent to prevent lawful apprehension.
Victoria v Commonwealth [1] was an important decision of the High Court of Australia concerning the procedures in section 57 of the Constitution.The decision was one of several by the High Court following the 1974 joint sitting of the Australian Parliament.
Victoria did so in 1975, South Australia in 1976, and Western Australia in 1984. New South Wales abolished the death penalty for murder in 1955, and for all crimes in 1985. In 2010, the Commonwealth Parliament passed legislation prohibiting the re-establishment of capital punishment by any state or territory. [ 1 ]
Human rights in Australia have largely been developed by the democratically elected Australian Parliament through laws in specific contexts (rather than a stand-alone, abstract bill of rights) and safeguarded by such institutions as the independent judiciary and the High Court, which implement common law, the Australian Constitution, and various other laws of Australia and its states and ...
Voluntary assisted dying schemes have been in effect in the following states; Victoria since 19 June 2019, [1] Western Australia since 1 July 2021, [2] Tasmania since 23 October 2022, [3] Queensland since 1 January 2023, [4] South Australia since 31 January 2023 [5] and New South Wales since 28 November 2023. [6]