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May 22 4 tweets 1 min read
White Australia Party Inc. & Anor v The Commonwealth of Australia & Ors [2026] HCASJ 15, published by High Court today (link to pdf is in replies). Why Jagot J yesterday refused to deal with application for interlocutory injunctions.
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Also explains the plaintiffs seek "a declaration that the provisions of the Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Criminal and Migration Laws) Act 2026 (Cth) amending Pt 5.3B of the Criminal Code are invalid as they purport to: (i) authorise ..."
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Sep 2, 2021 5 tweets 1 min read
The Cth Govt has introduced a Bill to achieve by statute what it failed to achieve by argument in the AAT: that National Cabinet has the same secrecy as federal cabinet under Cth law (Schedule 3 of this Bill; the rest is just housekeeping to update language post-COAG) 1/5 This extends to any "committee" of National Cabinet (are these officials? Cth & State Ministers?). Also - quite separate from Nab Cab - expresses that federal cabinet secrecy extends to committees of federal cabinet 2/5