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Tag: principle of legality

Constitutional Law

Project Blue Sky v Australian Broadcasting Authority (1998) 194 CLR 355

March 5, 2019 Travis

Facts Under clause 9 of the Australian content standard made by the Australian Broadcasting Authority (ABA), Australian programs had to comprise 55% of all broadcasts between 6am and midnight. Section 160(d) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 (Cth) (the Act) […]

Continue reading ➞ Project Blue Sky v Australian Broadcasting Authority (1998) 194 CLR 355
Constitutional Law

Bropho v Western Australia (1990) 171 CLR 1

March 3, 2019March 3, 2019 Travis

Facts The Western Australia Development Corporation performed works to redevelop the Swan Brewery.  This site was owned by the WA Government. Mr Robert Bropho was an Aboriginal activist.  Bropho applied to the WA Supreme Court or an injunction against the development, […]

Continue reading ➞ Bropho v Western Australia (1990) 171 CLR 1
Constitutional Law

Re Bolton; Ex parte Beane (1987) 162 CLR 514

March 3, 2019March 3, 2019 Travis

Facts Douglas Beane was a US Marine who deserted the United States armed forces in Vietnam on 28 February 1970.  He arrived in Australia on 28 April 1970. On 22 November 1982, the US requested Australia to arrest Beane.  Beane […]

Continue reading ➞ Re Bolton; Ex parte Beane (1987) 162 CLR 514
Constitutional Law

Potter v Minahan (1908) 7 CLR 277

February 11, 2019March 3, 2019 Travis

Facts James Minahan arrived in Australia after living in China for 26 years. Minahan had been born in Melbourne. People born in Australia were British citizens by right, regardless of their parents’ origins. Minahan’s father was a Chinese storekeeper who […]

Continue reading ➞ Potter v Minahan (1908) 7 CLR 277

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