Butler v Attorney-General (Victoria)

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Neutral Citation1961-0602 HCA A,[1961] HCA 32
Date1961
Year1961
CourtHigh Court
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  • Work Health Authority v Outback Ballooning Pty Ltd
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 6 February 2019
    ...to Attorney-General (Qld) v Attorney-General (Cth) (1915) 20 CLR 148 at 166–168; [1915] HCA 39. 75 Butler v Attorney-General (Vict) (1961) 106 CLR 268 at 285–286; [1961] HCA 32; Western Australia v The Commonwealth (Native Title Act Case) (1995) 183 CLR 373 at 464–465; [1995] HCA 47. 76 Web......
  • North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency Ltd v Northern Territory
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 11 November 2015
    ...161 CLR 278 at 304; [1986] HCA 88. 234 Northern Territory, Legislative Assembly, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), 26 November 2014. 235 (1961) 106 CLR 268 at 276; [1961] HCA 32. See also Ferdinands v Commissioner for Public Employment (2006) 225 CLR 130 at 145–146 [47]–[49] per Gummow and H......
  • Ferdinands v Commissioner for Public Employment
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 2 March 2006
    ...statute by a later statute will only be inferred on ‘very strong grounds’4. An example of such implied repeal is found in Butler v Attorney-General (Vict)5. A Victorian statute of 1943 provided for preference in promotion in favour of discharged servicemen. A Victorian statute of 1946, rela......
  • Gall v Domino's Pizza Enterprises Limited (No 2)
    • Australia
    • Federal Court
    • 13 April 2021
    ...Board v Inglis (1985) 1 NSWLR 592 Butcher v Lachlan Elder Realty Pty Ltd [2004] HCA 60; 218 CLR 592 Butler v Attorney-General (Victoria) [1961] HCA 32; (1961) 106 CLR 268 Byrne v Australian Airlines Ltd [1995] HCA 24; (1995) 185 CLR 410 Campbell v BackOffice Investments Pty Ltd [2009] HCA 2......
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9 books & journal articles
  • Human Rights Protection in Australia: Interpretation Provisions and Parliamentary Supremacy
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 32-1, March 2004
    • 1 March 2004
    ...statutes, as a result of the Commonwealth Constitution s 109. In relation to the effect of s 109, see Butler v Attorney-General (Vic) (1961) 106 CLR 268, especially 286 (Windeyer J); Western Australia v Commonwealth (1995) 183 CLR 373, 464–8 (Mason CJ, Brennan, Deane, Toohey, Gaudron and Mc......
  • Human Rights Protection in Australia: Interpretation Provisions and Parliamentary Supremacy
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 32-1, March 2004
    • 1 March 2004
    ...statutes, as a result of the Commonwealth Constitution s 109. In relation to the effect of s 109, see Butler v Attorney-General (Vic) (1961) 106 CLR 268, especially 286 (Windeyer J); Western Australia v Commonwealth (1995) 183 CLR 373, 464–8 (Mason CJ, Brennan, Deane, Toohey, Gaudron and Mc......
  • Sharing Water from Transboundary Rivers: Limits on State Power
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 44-1, March 2016
    • 1 March 2016
    ...offending s 109 in that context is ‘inoperative’: Wenn v Attorney-General (Vic) (1948) 77 CLR 84; Butler v Attorney-General (Vic) (1961) 106 CLR 268. 11 See Renard, above n 7; Ian Renard, Australian Interstate Rivers – Legal Rights and Administration (LLM Thesis, University of Melbourne, 19......
  • UWAIFO V. A-G. BENDEL STATE & ORS.
    • Nigeria
    • DSC Publications Online Nigerian Supreme Court Cases. 1982 Cases reported in 1982
    • 22 November 2022
    ...of Lands (1895) A.C. 425. 24.Reynolds v. Attorney-General of Nova Scotia (1896) A.C. 240. 25.Butler v. Attorney-General (Victoria) 106 C.L.R. 268. at 275 and 276. 40 26. Eruku v. Military Governor of Mid-Western State of Nigeria (1974) 1 All N.L.R. 163 - 175. Chief F.R.A. Williams S.A.N. (w......
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