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The Supreme Court of Queensland is the highest court in the Australian State of Queensland. [1] It was formerly the Brisbane Supreme Court, in the colony of Queensland.. The original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court allows its trial division to hear civil matters involving claims of more than $750,000; criminal matters involving serious offences (including murder and manslaughter); and ...
Supreme Court (NT) Overruled by the High Court in Mabo v Queensland (No 2) 1982: Koowarta v Bjelke-Petersen: High Court: The Racial Discrimination Act 1975 was a valid law 1988: Mabo v Queensland (No 1) High Court: Queensland attempt to abolish native title was invalid as inconsistent with the Racial Discrimination Act 1975: 1989
The Supreme Court of Queensland indicated in September 2006 that Fardon should be released, [1] and later ordered his release, imposing strict conditions for ongoing supervision until 2016. [2] Fardon was due for release on 9 November 2006, but the Queensland Government immediately appealed the decision.
Mabo v Queensland (No 2) (commonly known as the Mabo case or simply Mabo) is a landmark decision of the High Court of Australia that recognised the existence of Native Title in Australia. [1] It was brought by Eddie Mabo and others against the State of Queensland, and decided on 3 June 1992.
The Court is a division of the Supreme Court of Queensland. A disputed return occurs when the result of an election is questioned. The name disputed returns derives from the practice in common law countries of issuing a writ for the election and then the parliament receiving the results by way of returns after the counting of ballots.
The case was closely related to another proceeding in the High Court (Mabo v Queensland (No 2), [4] decided in 1992) which was a dispute between the Meriam people (of the Mer Islands in the Torres Strait) and the Government of Queensland, in which several Meriam people, principally Eddie Mabo, contested that they had certain native title rights over the Murray Islands.
R v Carroll (2002) 213 CLR 635; [2002] HCA 55 is a decision of the High Court of Australia which unanimously upheld the decision by a Queensland appellate court [4] to stay an indictment for perjury as the indictment was found to controvert the respondent's earlier acquittal for murder.
Koowarta v Bjelke-Petersen, [1] was a significant court case decided in the High Court of Australia on 11 May 1982. It concerned the constitutional validity of parts of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975, and the discriminatory acts of the Government of Queensland in blocking the purchase of land by Aboriginal people in northern Queensland.