Protected: FOI ~ Have Local Government been established under the Constitution?
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Category: Tasmania
Constitutional Law ~ Power of Governor to enact amendments to statutes without the necessity of reserving the same for Royal assent
Constitutional Law–Colonial Legislature-Power of Governor to enact amendments to statutes without the necessity of reserving the same for Royal assent–Competence of colonial legislature to eliminate Crown as part of Parliament-“The Australian Constitutions “Act, 1842”-“The Australian Constitutions Act, 1850, The “Colonial Laws Validity Act, 1865″ Repugnancy to Imperial Acts -Statute–Construction–Statute Law Revision–The Statute ” Law Revision Read More …
High Court ~ Statutory Government Corporations are NOT the Crown.
Launceston Corporation v Hydro Electric Commission (1959) 100 CLR 654 is a leading case about the status of statutory corporations. The HEC argued that it was not liable to pay rates because it was entitled to Crown immunity. The High Court held that, as a statutory corporation, it was independent of the Crown and not entitled Read More …
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Tasmanian Cases in the High Court
TASMANIAN CASES IN THE HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA (Address to a meeting of the Royal Society of Tasmania by the Hon Justice Alan Blow OAM, Chief Justice of Tasmania, on 1 December 2015) As most of you probably know, the High Court of Australia was brought into existence by the Australian Constitution at the time of Read More …
Local Government in Australia
Up to the present time, no systematic attempt has been made to investigate the various systems of Local Government in all the Australian States. As it is desired, if possible, to utilize the municipal subdivision of the States as a basis for the presentation of data in connexion with the next census, it has been Read More …
Criminal proceedings 101 ~ from beginning to end
1. Arrest: Valid arrests must be based on probable cause. A reasonable belief that a certain set of facts which rises to the level of a threat to life or property are true. Must be based entered into the court record via sworn statement. (REMEMBER – no sworn statement of probable cause, even in a Read More …
Tassie judges caught in swearing-in bungle
THE State Government has scrambled to conduct swearing-in ceremonies for magistrates after an oversight meant none has taken the oath of office properly for three decades. Attorney-General Vanessa Goodwin, right, assured the public that tens of thousands of criminal convictions and jail sentences handed down during the period were still valid despite the error. The Read More …
Council Rates are an Australian Tax.
The real question at hand is can a Constitutional Trading Corporation created within the State under section 51(xx) of the Constitution able to charge an Australian Tax? If you can spare a few dollars for the creators of this website to continue their research to bring you more great content, any amount, no matter Read More …
Local Government Bill Memorandum 1988
Do you know the true reason behind the 1988 referendum? This Bill proposes that the Constitution be amended so as to give recognition in the Constitution to local government in the States. What can be done? Australia Act 1986. Section 5 If you can spare a few dollars for the creators of this Read More …