Fortescue Metals Group Ltd v The Commonwealth
| Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
| Judge | French CJ,Hayne,Bell,Keane JJ,Crennan J,Kiefel J |
| Judgment Date | 07 August 2013 |
| Neutral Citation | 2013-0807 HCA B,[2013] HCA 34 |
| Docket Number | S163/2012 |
| Court | High Court |
| Date | 07 August 2013 |
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3 cases
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Spence v Queensland
...Pty Ltd v The Commonwealth (1992) 177 CLR 106 at 134; New South Wales v The Commonwealth (2006) 229 CLR 1 at 119–120 [194]; Fortescue (2013) 250 CLR 548 at 609 [130]. polity to function as a government. Sometimes this is expressed merely as an “interference” with the polity's continued func......
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Queensland Nickel Pty Ltd v Commonwealth of Australia
...v The Commonwealth (1936) 54 CLR 657 at 668 per Latham CJ, 683 per Dixon J; [1936] HCA 7; Fortescue Metals Group Ltd v The Commonwealth (2013) 250 CLR 548 at 575 [30] per French CJ, 607 [124] per Hayne, Bell and Keane JJ; [2013] HCA 34R v Barger (1908) 6 CLR 41 at 106 per Isaacs J, 132 per ......
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SZUON v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (No 2)
...Cases cited: Commissioner for ACT Revenue v Alphaone Pty Ltd (1994) 49 FCR 576 Hossain v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2013] HCA 34 Khan v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1987) 14 ALD 291 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v SZMTA [2019] HCA 3 Mini......
2 firm's commentaries
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Mining tax beats challenge in High Court
and what it means for you
...(Fortescue Metals Group (FMG)) were insufficient to overturn the controversial tax (Fortescue Metals Group Limited v The Commonwealth [2013] HCA 34). The judgment is a win for the Government and means that the MRRT will remain in place, subject (of course) to any action to repeal it taken b......
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Construction & Infrastructure - What's News - 14 August 2014
...ill-defined, or the subject of further negotiation or agreement, will be uncertain". Cases Fortescue Metals Group Ltd v Commonwealth - [2013] HCA 34 Statutes - Interpretation - Commonwealth Constitution s 51(ii) - So as not to discriminate between States or parts of States. Statutes - Acts ......
6 books & journal articles
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Sharing Water from Transboundary Rivers: Limits on State Power
...Constitution. For a more recent discussion of the intergovernmental immunities doctrine see: Fortescue Metals Group Ltd v Commonwealth (2013) 250 CLR 548, 609-11 [130]-[137] (Hayne, Bell and Keane JJ). 72 (1983) 158 CLR 1 (‘Tasmanian Dam Case’). 73 Ibid 280 (Deane J) (during argument). 74 I......
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Discriminatory Taxation in Light of Fortescue: Its Implications for the Development of Northern Australia
...* Professor, University of Southern Queensland. Thanks to the anonymous referees and the editing team. 1 [2013] HCA 34 (‘Fortescue’). 2 ‘The Parliament shall, subject to this Constitution, have power to make laws for the peace, order and good government of the Commonwealth with respect to t......
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THE PEOPLES OF THE STATES UNDER THE AUSTRALIAN CONSTITUTION.
...Davies (n 60). (156) A similar rationale is identified in relation to ss 51 (ii) and 99: Fortescue Metals Group Ltd v Commonwealth (2013) 250 CLR 548, 561-2 [3] (French CJ) (citations omitted) ('Fortescue The limitations on Commonwealth legislative power imposed by ss 51(ii) and 99 of the C......
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The Australian Constitution as a Framework for Securing Economic Justice
...Australian Constitution ss 51(ii), 99; Elliott v Commonwealth (1936) 54 CLR 657, 666–93; Fortescue Metals GroupLtd v Commonwealth (2013) 250 CLR 548, 601, 629; Permanent Trustee (n 105) at 423.Emerton and James 389 The Court has not adopted a universal or exhaustive definition of taxation;......
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