Police threaten Melbourne residents with $5,000 fine for visiting regional Victoria when coronavirus restrictions ease

By Elise Kinsella Posted 2h hours ago, updated 1h hour ago Police check a permit held by a driver leaving Melbourne, ahead of restrictions easing in regional Victoria from midnight.(ABC News: Patrick Rocca) Melbourne residents who try to sneak into regional Victoria to enjoy the relaxing of restrictions in the country have been warned they face fines Read More …

The Chrysalid Crown: An un-national history of the Crown in Australia 1808 – 1986

“As the great scroll of history unfolds many complicated incidents occur which it is difficult to introduce effectively into the pattern of the likes and dislikes of the epoch in which we live.” Winston Churchill, addressing the House of Commons on whether the regnal numbering of Queen Elizabeth should be different in Scotland and in Read More …

FROM DICEYAN SOVEREIGNTY TO THE SUPREMACY OF THE CONSTITUTION: EVOLUTION OF CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNANCE IN PERSPECTIVE

“Parliament consists of the King, the House of Lords, and the House of Commons acting together. The principle, therefore, of parliamentary-sovereignty means neither more nor less than this, namely that “Parliament” has ” the right to make or unmake any law whatever ; and further, that no person or body is recognised by the law Read More …

Are Notices Binding?

In the matter of Glenevan Pty Ltd [2015] NSWSC 201 (23 February 2015)   20. Secondly, the repeated proposition that the affidavit, being unrefuted, “stood as law and fact” is equally nonsense. Unrebutted affidavits do not necessarily conclusively establish the facts deposed to in them. They are evidence of facts. They do not establish them Read More …