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Lange V Australian Broadcasting Corporation
''Lange v Australian Broadcasting Corporation''. is a High Court of Australia case that upheld the existence of an implied freedom of political communication in the Constitution of Australia, Australian Constitution, but found that it did not necessarily provide a defence to a defamation action. The High Court extended the defence of qualified privilege to be compatible with the freedom of political communication. Background The plaintiff, David Lange, who was the Prime Minister of New Zealand, was the subject of a report on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation current affairs program ''Four Corners (Australian TV program), Four Corners''. He brought defamation proceedings in respect of that broadcast. In April 1990, the defendant broadcast on its ''Four Corners'' program a report which had been broadcast the previous night in New Zealand on Television New Zealand's ''Frontline'' program. The program alleged that the New Zealand Labour Party, then in government, had come to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Court Of Australia
The High Court of Australia is Australia's apex court. It exercises Original jurisdiction, original and appellate jurisdiction on matters specified within Constitution of Australia, Australia's Constitution. The High Court was established following passage of the ''Judiciary Act 1903''. It derives its authority from Chapter III of the Australian Constitution, which vests it responsibility for the judiciary, judicial power of the Commonwealth. Important legal instruments pertaining to the High Court include the ''Judiciary Act 1903'' and the ''High Court of Australia Act 1979''.. Its bench is composed of seven justices, including a Chief Justice of Australia, Chief Justice, currently Susan Kiefel. Justices of the High Court are appointed by the Governor-General of Australia, Governor-General on the Advice (constitutional law), advice of the Prime Minister of Australia, Prime Minister and are appointed permanently until their mandatory retirement at age 70, unless they retire ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Four Corners (Australian TV Program)
''Four Corners'' is an Australian investigative journalism/ current affairs documentary television program. Broadcast on ABC TV, it premiered on 19 August 1961 and is the longest-running Australian television program in history. The program is one of only five in Australia inducted into the Logie Hall of Fame. History ''Four Corners'' is based on the concept of British current affairs program ''Panorama''. The program addresses a single issue in depth each week, showing either a locally produced program or a relevant documentary from overseas. The program has won many awards for investigative journalism. Including 23 Logie Awards and 62 Walkley Awards. It has broken high-profile stories. A notable early example of this was the show's 1962 exposé on the appalling living conditions endured by many Aboriginal Australians living in rural New South Wales. Founding producer Robert Raymond (1961–62) and his successor Allan Ashbolt (1963) did much to set the ongoing tone of the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Constitutional Law
Australian constitutional law is the area of the law of Australia relating to the interpretation and application of the Constitution of Australia. Several major doctrines of Australian constitutional law have developed. Background Constitutional law in the Commonwealth of Australia consists mostly of that body of doctrine which interprets the Commonwealth Constitution. The Constitution itself is embodied in clause 9 of the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, which was passed by the British Parliament in 1900 after its text had been negotiated in Australian Constitutional Conventions in the 1890s and approved by the voters in each of the Australian colonies. The British government did, however, insist on one change to the text, to allow a greater range of appeals to the Privy Council in London. It came into force on 1 January 1901, at which time the Commonwealth of Australia came into being. The Constitution created a framework of government some of whose main features, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lange V Atkinson
''Lange v Atkinson'' [1997] 2 NZLR 22 (HC), [1998] 3 NZLR 424 (CA), [2000] 1 NZLR 257 (PC), [2000] 3 NZLR 385 is a cited case in New Zealand regarding defamation claims in tort. Background Joe Atkinson, a political columnist, wrote an article critical of Former Prime Minister David Lange and the 4th Labour Government which was published in the October 1995 issue of North & South (New Zealand magazine), ''North & South'' magazine. Lange found the article defamatory, and sued Atkinson, and the magazines publisher ACP for defamation, upon which they filed a defence of qualified privilege. Lange spent the next 4 years trying to get their defence struck out. The Court of Appeal's final hearing in Lange v Atkinson (No. 2) remains the leading case on the law of qualified privilege in New Zealand and affirmed that qualified privilege extends to publications concerning the conduct of publicly elected officeholders and those seeking such office. See also Besides featuring in NZ case law ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Law Journal Reports
Law reports covering the decisions of Australian Courts are collections of decisions by particulars courts, subjects or jurisdictions. A widely used guide to case citation in Australia is the '' Australian Guide to Legal Citation'', published jointly by the '' Melbourne University Law Review'' and the '' Melbourne Journal of International Law''. {{DEFAULTSORT:Law Reports in Australia List of Law Reports in Australia Law reports covering the decisions of Australian Courts are collections of decisions by particulars courts, subjects or jurisdictions. A widely used guide to case citation in Australia is the ''Australian Guide to Legal Citation'', published ... Case law reporters Australian law-related lists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Law Reports
The Australian Law Reports are a series of law reports which report cases from the High Court of Australia, Federal Court of Australia and the Supreme Courts of the states and territories exercising federal jurisdiction. The reports are not officially authorised. After each authorised series they are the most often cited series of law reports in Australia. They were previously called the Australian Argus Law Reports. See also * Commonwealth Law Reports * List of Law Reports in Australia Law reports covering the decisions of Australian Courts are collections of decisions by particulars courts, subjects or jurisdictions. A widely used guide to case citation in Australia is the ''Australian Guide to Legal Citation'', published ... References {{Australia-law-stub Law of Australia Case law reporters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coleman V Power
''Coleman v Power'' was a High Court of Australia case that dealt with the implied freedom of political communication found in the Australian Constitution.. . Background Coleman was a law and politics student from Townsville. He started handing out flyers in a shopping centre alleging police corruption in the Queensland police force. He was asked to stop by Power, a police officer, but refused. Coleman was subsequently arrested for insulting language, but violently resisted arrest. He was charged with using "insulting words" under the ''Vagrancy Act'' as well as assaulting and obstructing a police officer. Coleman argued he was not guilty of using insulting words because they were political communication and thus protected under the implied freedom of political communication. A magistrate found him guilty, but he then appealed. All subsequent appeals failed to some extent. He then appealed to the High Court. Decision The court held that his conviction under s7(1)(d) of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McCloy V NSW
Jeffrey Raymond 'Jeff' McCloy is an Australian property developer, who was List of mayors and lord mayors of Newcastle, Lord Mayor of Newcastle between 2012 and 2014. Before entering politics, he ran his own construction company, which built John Hunter Hospital. In 2008 he won the Hunter Business Chamber 2008 Business Person of the Year, and in 2009 he won the City of Newcastle Medal. McCloy campaigned for the removal the Newcastle railway line, New South Wales, rail line through the centre of Newcastle and, despite being nominally an independent (politics), independent, supported Liberal Party of Australia (New South Wales Division), Liberal candidates in the Council ward elections. Polling day in 2012 was marked by controversy when the running mate of an opposing candidate switched sides to support McCloy. In 2012, McCloy met the then Opposition Leader (and future Prime Minister of Australia) Tony Abbott to discuss the future of the Newcastle CBD. In 2013, he held a joint pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New South Wales
) , nickname = , image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of New South Wales in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_date = Colony of New South Wales , established_title2 = Establishment , established_date2 = 26 January 1788 , established_title3 = Responsible government , established_date3 = 6 June 1856 , established_title4 = Federation , established_date4 = 1 January 1901 , named_for = Wales , demonym = , capital = Sydney , largest_city = capital , coordinates = , admin_center = 128 local government areas , admin_center_type = Administration , leader_title1 = Monarch , leader_name1 = Charles III , leader_title2 = Governor , leader_name2 = Margaret Beazley , leader_title3 = Premier , leader_name3 = Dominic Perrottet (Liberal) , national_representation = Parliament of Australia , national_representation_type1 = Senat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephens V West Australian Newspapers Ltd
Stephens is a surname. It is a patronymic and is recorded in England from 1086. Notable people with the surname include: *Alexander H. Stephens (1812–1883), Vice President of the Confederate States of America * Alison Stephens (1970–2010), British mandolinist *Ann S. Stephens (1813–1886), U.S. dime novelist * Anne Stephens (WRAF officer) (1912–2000), director of the Women's Royal Air Force *Annie Fitzgerald Stephens (1844–1934), American landowner and grandmother of Margaret Mitchell *Arran Stephens (born 1944), Canadian author & organic food advocate * Brandon Stephens (other), multiple people *Bret Stephens (born 1973), Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist, editor, and columnist * Clara Bloodgood, born Clara Stephens (1870–1907) U.S. stage actress (granddaughter of Ann S. Stephens) *Florence Stephens (1881–1979), landholder and the main figure of the Huseby court case *Frederic George Stephens (1828–1907), British art critic and member of the Pre-Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephens V West Australian Newspapers
Stephens is a surname. It is a patronymic and is recorded in England from 1086. Notable people with the surname include: *Alexander H. Stephens (1812–1883), Vice President of the Confederate States of America * Alison Stephens (1970–2010), British mandolinist *Ann S. Stephens (1813–1886), U.S. dime novelist * Anne Stephens (WRAF officer) (1912–2000), director of the Women's Royal Air Force *Annie Fitzgerald Stephens (1844–1934), American landowner and grandmother of Margaret Mitchell *Arran Stephens (born 1944), Canadian author & organic food advocate * Brandon Stephens (other), multiple people *Bret Stephens (born 1973), Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist, editor, and columnist * Clara Bloodgood, born Clara Stephens (1870–1907) U.S. stage actress (granddaughter of Ann S. Stephens) *Florence Stephens (1881–1979), landholder and the main figure of the Huseby court case *Frederic George Stephens (1828–1907), British art critic and member of the Pre-Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theophanous V Herald & Weekly Times Ltd
''Theophanous v Herald & Weekly Times Ltd''. is a landmark Australian judgment of the High Court. The matter related to implied freedom of political communication that the High Court has inferred, rests in the Australian constitution. Background Andrew Theophanous had been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since 1980. In 1992, he was the chairperson of the Joint Parliamentary Standing Committee on Migration. ''The Herald and Weekly Times'' published an article by Bruce Ruxton, "Give Theophanous the shove", which stated that Theophanous "appears to want a bias shown towards Greeks as migrants". Theophanous sued the Herald & Weekly Times and Ruxton for defamation. Decision The judgment held that there was an implied constitutional freedom to publish material discussing government and political matters as well as the way that members of the Parliament of Australia conducted their duties and their suitability for office. Significance Jus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
