University of Wollongong v Metwally

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Judgment Date1984
Neutral Citation[1984] HCA 74,1984-1122 HCA C
Date1984
CourtHigh Court
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  • Queensland Government Bulletin: Recent media releases, reports, cases and legislation
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 30 May 2019
    ...Commonwealth Electoral Act – Whether s 302CA invalid for infringing principle in University of Wollongong v Metwally (1984) 158 CLR 447; [1984] HCA 74. Constitutional law (Cth) – Implied freedom of communication about governmental and political matters – Where amendments to Electoral Act 19......
  • NSW Government Bulletin: Recent media releases, reports, cases and legislation
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 30 May 2019
    ...Commonwealth Electoral Act - Whether s 302CA invalid for infringing principle in University of Wollongong v Metwally (1984) 158 CLR 447; [1984] HCA 74. Constitutional law (Cth) - Implied freedom of communication about governmental and political matters – Where amendments to Electoral Act 19......
  • Inside track: Local Government: In the media, reports, cases and legislation
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 6 June 2019
    ...Commonwealth Electoral Act – Whether s 302CA invalid for infringing principle in University of Wollongong v Metwally (1984) 158 CLR 447; [1984] HCA 74. NSW Dickinson Property Group Pty Ltd v Wollondilly Shire Council [2019] NSWLEC 1220 APPEAL – development application – multi-dwelling housi......
12 books & journal articles
  • Griffith University V Tang, ‘Under an Enactment’ and Limiting Access to Judicial Review
    • United Kingdom
    • Federal Law Review No. 33-3, September 2005
    • 1 September 2005
    ...103 Re McBain (2002) 209 CLR 372, 460. 104 Ibid 407 [69] citing University of Wollongong v Metwally (1984) 158 CLR 447, 457–8, and using Croome (1997) 191 CLR 119 as an example. 105 (1998) 194 CLR 247. 106 Ibid 258 [27]. 107 Ibid 267 [49–50]. 108 Ibid 263 [40] citing R v Graziers' Associati......
  • The Australian Constitution's Influence on the Common Law
    • United Kingdom
    • Federal Law Review No. 31-1, March 2003
    • 1 March 2003
    ...Gummow and Hayne JJ). For a discussion of the concept of statutoryinconsistency, see University of Wollongong v Metwally (1984) 158 CLR 447, 463–4 (Mason J).In the context of inconsistency between a federal and state law (resolved by s 109 of theConstitution), two types of inconsistency are......
  • The legal and commercial frameworks
    • United Kingdom
    • Construction Law. Volume I - Third Edition
    • 13 April 2020
    ...shall prevail, and the former shall, to the extent of the inconsistency, be invalid”. See also University of Wollongong v Metwally (1984) 158 CLR 447. 47 Brown, “he Australian Commonwealth Bill” (1900) 16 LQR 24 at 27. 48 he other mainland Territory is Jervis Bay, which applies the laws of ......
  • A Minimalist Charter of Rights for Australia: The UK or Canada as a Model?
    • United Kingdom
    • Federal Law Review No. 37-3, September 2009
    • 1 September 2009
    ...arise where a Commonwealth law grants a right the exercise of which a state law interferes with); University of Wollongong v Metwally (1984) 158 CLR 447 ('Metwally') (outlining nature of tests for direct and indirect inconsistency). 128 See Metwally (1984) 158 CLR 447 (holding that Parliame......
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