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High Court: Same-sex and Polygamy in. Bestiality out.
In December last year, the High Court of Australia decided that the ACT’s Marriage Equality (Same Sex) Act 2013 was inoperative because it was inconsistent with the federal Marriage Act 1961 (Cth). Key to the Court’s decision was the acceptance by the Court that, if it so chose, the Commonwealth Parliament could make laws providing […]
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Tagged constitutional interpretation, constitutional law, High Court, inconsistency, marriage equality, Public Law and Policy Research Unit (PLPRU), s 109, s 51(xxi), same sex marriage
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