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Its legal institutions and traditions are substantially derived from that of the English legal system, which superseded Indigenous Australian customary law during colonisation. [1] Australia is a common-law jurisdiction, its court system having originated in the common law system of English law. The country's common law is the same across the ...
Australian Law Reform Commission Act 1996 1996 (No. 37) Yes (as amended) Australian Law Reform Commission (Repeal, Transitional and Miscellaneous) Act 1996 1996 (No. 38) No Australian Maritime Safety Authority Act 1990 1990 (No. 78) Yes (as amended) Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation Act 1977 1977 (No. 67) No
The Laws of Australia is an encyclopaedia of the laws of Australia. Published by Lawbook Co. , it is one of the two foremost legal encyclopaedias in Australia, the other being Halsbury's Laws of Australia by LexisNexis. [1] The Laws of Australia, like other legal encyclopaedias, provides a summary on the current state of laws of Australia ...
The right to take collective action, including the "right to strike" within "the laws of the particular country" is a universal right in international law. [138] However, Australian law is one of the most restrictive on unions' freedom to take action to protect members' interests, and progressive restrictions on voice at work have matched a ...
Fair Work Amendment (Supporting Australia's Jobs and Economic Recovery) Act 2021; Family Law Act 1975; Family Law Legislation Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Act 2011; Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997; Flags Act 1953; Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme Act 2018; Freedom of Information Act 1982
The first Australian mining laws were enacted in 1851. [1] Before that, ownership of minerals and petroleum passed to those who were granted title to land by the colonial governors according to common law concepts, except the right to "Royal Mines" (the precious metals of gold and silver) which remained vested in the Crown by virtue of Royal prerogative.
The Constitution is the primary, but not exclusive, source of Australian constitutional law; it operates alongside constitutional conventions, state constitutions, the Statute of Westminster 1931, the Australia Acts 1986, prerogative instruments and judicial interpretations of these laws by the High Court of Australia.
The Corporations Act 2001 sets up a uniform approach to the regulation of financial services through a uniform licensing and disclosure regime. The general regulatory position is that a person (whether an individual or corporate entity) carrying on a financial services business in Australia must, unless exempted, hold an Australian financial services licence (AFSL) issued by ASIC.