Coleman v Power
| Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
| Judge | Gleeson CJ.,McHugh J.,GUMMOW,HAYNE JJ.,Kirby J.,Callinan J.,Heydon J. |
| Judgment Date | 01 September 2004 |
| Neutral Citation | [2004] HCA 39,2004-0901 HCA A |
| Court | High Court |
| Docket Number | B98/2002 |
| Date | 01 September 2004 |
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169 cases
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Smith v Western Australia
...the end sought to be achieved.’ That distinction appears to have been applied, albeit not explicitly, by three Justices of this Court in Coleman v Power148 when they rejected a high threshold proportionality test in relation to laws affecting the implied freedom of political communication. ......
- Nsw Council for Civil Liberties Inc. v Classification Review Board (No. 2)
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Phillip v. Whitecourt General Hospital et al., (2004) 359 A.R. 259 (QB)
...Broadcasting Authority, [1998] H.C.A. 28; 194 C.L.R. 355; 153 A.L.R. 490 (H.C.), refd to. [para. 118, footnote 73]. Coleman v. Power, [2004] H.C.A. 39 (Aust. H.C.), refd to. [para. 119, footnote R. v. Morgentaler, [1988] 1 S.C.R. 30; 82 N.R. 1; 26 O.A.C. 1, refd to. [para. 123, footnote 75]......
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Morse v The Police Sc
...and in a different statutory and social setting. They seem no longer to be good law in Australia. There, the High Court has indicated in Coleman v Power 46 (a case concerning use of “insulting words?) that such offences must cause disturbance to public use of the space, and not simply priva......
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3 firm's commentaries
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Fair Go vs First Amendment in Australia: bans to political donations by property developers survive constitutional challenge
...Act 1981 (NSW), Div. 2A. [4] Established by Lange v Australian Broadcasting Corporation [1997] HCA 25 and refined by Coleman v Power [2004] HCA 39 [5] [2015] HCA 34, [2]. [6] [2015] HCA 34, [30] [7] Australian Capital Television Pty Ltd v The Commonwealth (1992) 177 CLR 106. [8] [2015] HCA ......
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High Court rules in a unanimous decision that NSW election funding laws are invalid
...2-step test established in Lange v Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1997) 189 CLR 520 (Lange Test) as modified by Coleman v Power (2004) 220 CLR 1. A law will be invalid under the Lange Test if: the law effectively burdens freedom of communication about government or political matters e......
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Federal Court Relaxes Requirements For Australian Class Actions
...available at http://www.jonesday.com/commencement-requirements-relaxed-for-australian-class-actions-06-04-2014. 5 See Coleman v Power (2004) 220 CLR 1 at 6 Cash Converters International Limited v Gray [2014] FCAFC 111 at [22]. The content of this article is intended to provide a general gui......
51 books & journal articles
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Mandatory sentencing for people smuggling: issues of law and policy.
...CLR 337, 384 [97] (Gummow and Hayne JJ); Plaintiff S157/2002 v Commonwealth (2003) 211 CLR 476, 492 [29] (Gleeson CJ); Coleman v Power (2004) 220 CLR 1, 8-9 [19]-[20] (Gleeson CJ), 66-7 [225] (Kirby (138) R v Ambo (2011) 13 DCLR (NSW) 229, 237 [52] (Knox DCJ). (139) R v Ladoke (2011) 13 DCL......
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WALKING THE TIGHTROPE BETWEEN LEGALITY AND LEGITIMACY
...of Political Communication” in Law and Government in Australia (Matthew Groves ed) (Federation Press, 2005) at p 59. 86Coleman v Power(2004) 220 CLR 1 at [50]–[51], [77]–[78] and [82]. 87 It should be noted that in McCloy v New South Wales(2015) 257 CLR 178, while all members of the High Co......
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The Constitutional (In)Validity of Religious Vilification Laws: Implications for their Interpretation
...should be struck for the assessment made by the _____________________________________________________________________________________ 20 (2004) 220 CLR 1 ('Coleman'). 21 Coleman (2004) 220 CLR 1, 48–50 (McHugh J), 77–9 (Gummow and Hayne JJ), 82, 88–9 (Kirby J). See also APLA Limited v Legal......
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Prohibiting the Conscription of State Officers for Commonwealth Purposes: An American Future for the State Immunity Doctrine?
...127 Queensland v Commonwealth (1977) 139 CLR 585 ('Second Territories Senators' Case'), 603 (Stephen J). 128 (2004) 220 CLR 1. 129 Stone, above n 124, 850 (emphasis in original). 130 Sir Anthony Mason, 'The Role of a Constitutional Court in a Federation: A Comparison of the Australian and U......
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