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Common(wealth) Knowledge #74: High Court overturns Victorian tax on electric vehicles
The High Court paves the way for a federal fuel excise for electric vehicles.
Oct 22, 2023


Common(wealth) Knowledge #72: The Voice, Treaties and the assumption of Sovereignty
Without the involvement of international law, the question of Australian sovereignty cannot be challenged.
Oct 7, 2023


Common(wealth) Knowledge #66: Another year, another High Court appointment
Justice Beech-Jones will be the 4th judge appointed in as many years.
Aug 27, 2023


Commonwealth Knowledge #65: RSPCA advised lawsuit over greyhounds being kicked and beaten 'unlikely'
Although the RSPCA has been given advice that a criminal case would be unlikely to succeed, this is not certain.
Aug 19, 2023


Common(wealth) Knowledge #61: Social Security and Equality
New court discussion on the right to social security in Australia.
Jul 23, 2023


Common(wealth) Knowledge #60: Is the pension age racist?
Aboriginal man Dennis Fisher unsuccessfully challenged the pension age by relying on his shorter life expectancy.
Jul 16, 2023


Common(wealth) Knowledge #56: Queensland youth justice system examined by High Court
High Court upholds Queensland legislation that treats adult and child guilty verdicts differently.
Jun 17, 2023


Common(wealth) Knowledge #55: Report into Esther Foundation finds $4 million grant 'likely unlawful'
A $4 million grant given to a rehab facility by the Commonwealth government in 2019 likely lacked legal authority.
Jun 10, 2023


Common(wealth) Knowledge #47: The Statute of Westminster
The history of how Australia achieved true independence from the U.K.
Apr 15, 2023


The Franklin Dam controversy: When politics meets the law
How Australia’s treaty obligations can change Australian law.
Apr 14, 2023


Common(wealth) Knowledge #46: Australian law and the best interests of children
International treaties signed by the Australian government can influence Australian law.
Apr 7, 2023


Common(wealth) Knowledge #42: Why Australia can't ban political parties
More than 8 decades on from Menzies first attempting to ban the Communist Party of Australia.
Mar 19, 2023


Common(wealth) Knowledge #39: Overriding the Human Rights Act and supremacy of Parliament
A look at human rights protections in Australia and the doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty.
Feb 25, 2023


Common(wealth) Knowledge #37: The right to protest versus public health
What a new judgment from a Victorian court means.
Feb 11, 2023


Common(wealth) Knowledge #35: A public healthcare debate 80 years in the making
Today, Australians take government-subsidised healthcare for granted - but that was not always the case.
Jan 28, 2023


Common(wealth) Knowledge #31: New year, new court
What we could see in the High Court in 2023.
Dec 31, 2022


Common(wealth) Knowledge #29: Cases we missed
Wrapping up a big year in constitutional law.
Dec 17, 2022


Common(wealth) Knowledge #28: Immigration Detention in the 1990s
3 decades on from a major constitutional law case.
Dec 10, 2022


Common(wealth) Knowledge #26: Child Privacy and Political Communication
The implied freedom of political communication revisited in the context of child privacy.
Dec 1, 2022


Common(wealth) Knowledge #25: Behind the scenes
A look at how this series is created every single week.
Nov 26, 2022
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