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The High Court of Australia
Constitutional Cases
Powers of the High Court
Section 71- Establishes HC as Costitutional Court. Allows Cth parliament to create other courts
Section 72- Recruitement and Removal of Justices. Set up HC as independent court.
Section 73- Appellate Jurisdiction
Section 74- Appeals could go to Privy Council in UK - 1986 Australia Acts- abolished this.
Section 75- Original jurisdiction. Section 76 Additional original jusridiction
Federal Balance Cases-
Engineers Case- first case to increse Cth power.
Increasing Financial Power-
Uniform Tax Cases 1942 & 1957 Ha and Hammond Case 1997
Exteranl Affairs Power-
Koowarta Case1982 & Tasmanian Dams Case 1983
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**Corporations Power & Industrial Relations
Workchoice 2006 , Engineers Case 1920, Concrete Pipes Case 1971
Interstate Trade- Section 92
Cole v Whitfield - 1988 & Betfair -2008
Implied Rights Cases and other implications
Implied Rights- Political Communication
Australian Capital TV- 1992, Theophaneous v Herald & Weekly Times - 1994, Lange v Australian Broadcasting Corporation 1997, McLoy v NSW 2015, Brwon v Tasmania 2017, Clubb v Edwards & Preston vs Avery (2019)
Review of Legislative power of Parliament & Accountability of Parliament
Williams Case 2 - 2014 & Section 44 Cases- ELigibility to stand for parliament. - 2017, Spence v Queen - 2019, Roach v Electoral Commissioner- 2007, Plain Packaging Act 2012
Defining Citizenship
Love and Thoms Case 2020
Accountability of the Executive-
Williams Case 1 - 2012, Pape v Commissioner of Taxation -2009,
Common Law Cases
Case heard on appeal.
Final Court of Appeal
Criiminal Cases- Pell v The Queen -2020, Dietrich 1992, Harbour Radio Pty Ltd v Trad 2012
Land Rights
Mabo 1992, Griffiths (Timber Creek Case ) 2020, mcGlade v Native Title Registrar - 2017 and McGlade v West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council Corp- 2019 - See case studies in KING
Negligence Cases
Nagle v Rottnest Island Board 1993, Mulligan v Coffs Harbour City Concil- 2005,
Common Law Example
- Norrie Case 2014- Third sex category
Judicial Review Cases
M61, Planitif 157, Al Kateh M68-
Discrimination
- Toonen vs Australia - Human rights case
Crime and Corruption- ICAC v Cunneen 2015