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Have you suffered a damage from the Australian Government? In cases where it has been established that there is no legal liability to pay compensation, the CDDA Scheme provides a mechanism for non-corporate Commonwealth entities (NCEs) to compensate. An updated flip chart with a list of the relevant Commonwealth Entities that the scheme applies Read More …
The Imperial Acts Application Act 1986 (the 1986 Act), sch 3, pt 6 set out the text of this Act in an amended form and provided for the amended form to apply as the text of the Act in force in the ACT (see 1986 Act, s 5 (1), (4) and (5)). Sections 1 to Read More …
Original New Zealand Constitution as issued 1852. WHEREAS by an Act of the Session holden in the third 3 and 4 Viet. and fourth years of Her Majesty, chapter sixty-two, it c. 62. was enacted, that it should be lawful for Her Majesty, by Letters Patent, to be from time to time issued under the Great Read More …
The Imperial Laws Application Act 1988 provides that the enactments and subordinate legislation specified in the schedules to the Act together with the common law of England, insofar as it was already part of the laws of New Zealand, are the only ‘Imperial’ laws inherited from the United Kingdom which are of effect in New Read More …
The 1912 Arms was a symbol of the new nation, incorporating a shield with six parts, each containing the badge of a state. The distinctive composition of Australia’s Coat of Arms, shaped by the dominant figures of the indigenous animals, the kangaroo and the emu, underlies the wide appeal of the Arms. Read More …
WHAT IS THE CROWN? Though Australia has not yet thrown off the symbolism of the Crown, its presence in areas of our governmental systems is relatively confined. True it is that the Crown and the monarch feature in the Constitution and that this will remain the case for the immediately foreseeable future, but, despite this Read More …
“Opening the Tax act is like entering the door to a parallel universe” Chief Justice Keane told the Australian Financial Review in his first interview in the job. Federal tax legislation runs to almost 16,000 pages. ‘It’s really hard. At the end of the day, our job is to make the best we can out Read More …
Why are Model Litigant Rules Important? In litigation there can be a substantial imbalance of power with the government. Government bodies may have access to substantial resources, powers to investigate and compel people to provide information, and more experience and specialist expertise in dealing with complex and contentious legal matters. If you can spare Read More …
New laws make vaccination reporting mandatory With the COVID vaccine rollout only weeks away, newly passed legislation means GPs will soon have to report all administered vaccines to the AIR or face a potential fine of more than $6000. From 1 March, all vaccine providers will be required to report influenza vaccinations to Read More …
