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Comment on Section 51(xx)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 January 2025

George Winterton
George Winterton*
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University of New South Wales
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Federal Law Review , Volume 14 , Issue 3 , March 1984 , pp. 258 - 265
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Copyright © 1984 The Australian National University

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References

1 Commonwealth v Tasmania (1983) 46 ALR 625.

2 Actors and Announcers Equity Association of Australia v Fontana Films Pty Ltd (1982) 40 ALR 609.

3 Ibid 636-637, 640-641.

4 (1983) 46 ALR 625, 712.

5 (1909) 8 CLR 330, 348.

6 (1983) 46 ALR 625, 711-712.

7 Ibid 816.

8 Ibid 813-815.

9 State Superannuation Board v Trade Practices Commission (1982) 44 ALR 1.

10 R v Federal Court of Australia, ex parte Western Australian National Football League (Inc) (1979) 143 CLR 190.

11 (1982) 44 ALR 1, 7.

12 G J Lindell, above 227.

13 (1954) 92 CLR 565.

14 (1962) 108 CLR 189, 226.

15 See supra text accompanying nn 4-6.

16 Sir Dawson, Daryl, The Constitution - Major Overhaul or Simple Tune-Up? (unpublished Southey Memorial Lecture, University of Melbourne, 19 October 1983), 18-20 (italics added).Google Scholar

17 Commonwealth v Tasmania (1983) 46 ALR 625, 815.

18 Ibid 814.

19 lbid 687.

20 Bank of New South Wales v Commonwealth (1948) 76 CLR 1.

21 Commonwealth v Tasmania (1983) 46 ALR 625, 853 (italics added). See, likewise, 684 per Gibbs CJ (adopting his remarks in Actors Equity (1982) 40 ALR 609,616); 756 per Wilson J.

22 Ibid 853. See similarly 755-756 per Wilson J.

23 See eg ibid 714 per Mason J; 790 per Brennan J.

24 G J Lindell, above 231 (italics added).

25 Commonwealth v Tasmania (1983) 46 ALR 625, 711.

26 Ibid 814.

27 G J Lindell, above 231.

28 (1983) 46 ALR 625, 710.

29 Actors and Announcers Equity Association of Australia v Fontana Films Pty Ltd (1982) 40 ALR 609, 643. See also ibid 646, 648-649 per Brennan J.

30 Supra, text accompanying nn 4-6.

31 Actors and Announcers Equity Association of Australia v Fontana Films Pty Ltd (1982) 40 ALR 609, 640; Kathleen Investments (Australia) Ltd v Australian Atomic Energy Commission (1977) 139 CLR 117, 159.

32 G J Lindell, above 241

33 State Superannuation Board v Trade Practices Commission (1982) 44 ALR 1, 8, 9 per Gibbs CJ and Wilson J, dissenting.

34 Commonwealth v Tasmania (1983) 46 ALR 625, 683-684 per Gibbs CJ, 854 per Dawson J; see also Fencott v Muller (1983) 46 ALR 41, 51-52, 70 per Gibbs CJ and Wilson J respectively (dissenting).

35 The general definition of a “trading corporation” adopted by the majority in State Superannuation Board (1982) 44 ALR 1, 15-16, and Commonwealth v Tasmania (1983) 46 ALR 625, 789 per Brennan J; 833 per Deane J. See also R v Federal Court of Australia, ex parte Western Australian National Football League (Inc.) (1979) 143 CLR 190, 208 per Barwick J; 233 per Mason J; (Jacobs J concurring); 239 per Murphy J.

36 See Amalgamated Society of Engineers v Adelaide Steamship Co Ltd (1920) 28 CLR 129, 152; Wynes, WA, Legislative, Executive and Judicial Powers in Australia (5th ed 1976), 391-92.Google Scholar

37 But cf R v Trade Practices Tribunal, ex parte St George County Council (1974) 130 CLR 533, 564-565 per Gibbs J; State Superannuation Board v Trade Practices Commission (1982) 44 ALR 1, 9 per Gibbs CJ and Wilson J, dissenting.

38 Commonwealth v Tasmania (1983) 46 ALR 625.

39 Ibid 736. (italics added).

40 G J Lindell, above 236

41 Commonwealth v Tasmania (1983) 46 ALR 625, 756.

42 Ibid (italics added).

43 Actors and Announcers Equity Association of Australia v Fontana Films Pty Ltd (1982) 40 ALR 609, 616.

44 Commonwealth v Tasmania (1983) 46 ALR 625, 816.

45 Ibid.

46 Strickland v Roda Concrete Pipes Ltd (1971) 124 CLR 468.

47 See ibid 493, 495 per Barwick CJ, 503-507 per Menzies J, 512-513 per Windeyer J, 513 per Owen J, 516-520 per Walsh J.

48 Above p 000.

49 Australian Communist Party v Commonwealth (1951) 83 CLR I.

50 Actors and Announcers Equity Association of Australia v Fontana Films Pty Ltd (1982) 40 ALR 609, 649-650, see also 639 per Mason J.

51 Ibid 642. Murphy J expressly mentioned the Communist Party case.

52 (1965) 114 CLR 226, 247.

53 Strickland v Rocla Concrete Pipes Ltd (1971) 124 CLR 468, 488 per Barwick CJ; Huddard Parker & Co Pty Ltd v Moorehead (1909) 8 CLR 330, 349 per Griffith CJ.

54 (1958) 99 CLR 132.

55 Cf Australian Coastal Shipping Commission v O’Reilly (1962) 107 CLR 46, and A-G of Western Australia, (ex rel Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd v Australian Nationaf Airlines Commission (1976) 138 CLR 492, 514-515 per Stephen J.