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The case involved a re-argument of the High Court's decision in Western Australia v Commonwealth (1975), [2] in which the High Court had held legislation providing for Senate representation for the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory to be constitutionally valid.
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.
Mabo v Queensland (No 1), [1] was a significant court case decided in the High Court of Australia on 8 December 1988. It found that the Queensland Coast Islands Declaratory Act 1985 , [ 2 ] which attempted to retrospectively abolish native title rights, was not valid according to the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 .
Queensland: Theodore: Corrupt actions by Qld. Premiers Ted Theodore and William McCormack: Bjelkemander: 1972—1987: Queensland: Bjelke-Petersen: Joh Bjelke-Petersen: Use of Malapportionment to keep National Party and Bjelke-Petersen in power. Fitzgerald Inquiry: 1987: Queensland: Bjelke-Petersen: Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Terry Lewis, Leisha ...
East Coast of Australia – also known as an Eastern seaboard; Lake Eyre basin – QLD/SA/NT/NSW; Murray–Darling basin – NSW/ACT/VIC/QLD/SA; Northern Australia – NT/QLD/part of WA; The Nullarbor – SA/WA; Outback – mainly NT and WA, but all territories except ACT and TAS; Southern Australia – TAS/VIC/SA, sometimes including NSW and WA
Constitutional law in the Commonwealth of Australia consists mostly of that body of doctrine which interprets the Commonwealth Constitution. The Constitution itself is embodied in clause 9 of the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, which was passed by the British Parliament in 1900 after its text had been negotiated in Australian Constitutional Conventions in the 1890s and approved by ...
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Wednesday rejected China's argument that Australia was responsible for a dangerous weekend encounter between their military aircraft in international ...
Section 124 of the Constitution of Australia provides for the establishment or admission of new states to the federation. The Federal Parliament may also form a new state by separating territory from an existing state, join multiple states or parts of states, or increase, diminish, or otherwise alter the limits of a state, but in each case, it must have the approval of the parliament(s) of the ...