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New South Wales v Commonwealth (also called the WorkChoices case) [1] is a landmark decision of the High Court of Australia, which held that the federal government's WorkChoices legislation [2] was a valid exercise of federal legislative power under the Constitution of Australia.
An example of the breadth of the concept of property in section 51(xxxi) is provided by Bank of New South Wales v Commonwealth (the Bank Nationalisation Case). In that case, federal legislation contemplated the acquisition of private banks through the vesting of shares in private banks in the Commonwealth, and later the appointment of directors ...
State Library of New South Wales. The laws of England had evolved over centuries, with the common law emerging following the 1200s. This law was introduced to Australia through the colonisation of Australia by the British. By 1824, a court system based on the English model had been established through Acts of the British Parliament. [8]
The Court of Appeal operates pursuant to the Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW). The Court hears appeals from a variety of courts and tribunals in New South Wales, in particular the Supreme Court, the Industrial Court, the Land and Environment Court, the District Court, the Dust Diseases Tribunal, the Workers Compensation Commission, and the Government and Related Employees Appeal Tribunal. [1]
The NSWLR began in 1970, following the establishment of the Council of Law Reporting by the Council of Law Reporting Act 1969. They replaced the State Reports, New South Wales (which began in 1901) as the authorised reports in New South Wales. [4] The current Editor of the NSWLR is Perry Herzfeld SC who has held the position since 2022.
New South Wales v Commonwealth may refer to a number of High Court of Australia cases: New South Wales v Commonwealth (1908) 7 CLR 179; New South Wales v Commonwealth (1915) 20 CLR 54, Wheat Case; New South Wales v Commonwealth (1932) 46 CLR 155, Garnishee Case No 1; New South Wales v Commonwealth (1975) 135 CLR 337, Seas and Submerged Lands Case
This led the Catholic education system to lobby the federal government to start providing state aid to non-government which it succeeded in doing in 1964. [4] From 1964 to 1981 the advocacy group 'Defence of Government Schools' (DOGS) brought a High Court case to test the validity of Australian state government funding of religious schools. The ...
Studies have found that it is one of the most cited Australian law journals. [citation needed] A 2002 study found that while on the Federal Court of Australia and the High Court of Australia judges published academic articles most often in the Australian Law Journal in both decades studied, the 1980s and 1990s. [1]