Western Australia v Wilsmore

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Neutral Citation1982-0423 HCA D,[1982] HCA 19
Date1982
Year1982
CourtHigh Court
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7 cases
  • Attorney-General (Wa) v Marquet
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 13 November 2003
    ...of direct repugnancy contained in the joint reasons of this Court in Yougarla v Western Australia100. Although in 1982, in Western Australia v Wilsmore101, reference was made to s 13 of the 1947 Act, without any hint of doubt as to its validity, the applicants pointed out that no issue had ......
  • Stephens v West Australian Newspapers Ltd
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • Invalid date
  • Mcginty v Western Australia
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • Invalid date
  • Yougarla v Western Australia
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 9 August 2001
    ...compliance with certain manner and form provisions. The WA Constitution Act 2 The WA Constitution Act was described by Wilson J in Western Australia v Wilsmore1 as the ‘keystone of the present constitution of Western Australia’. It provided for representative and responsible government of t......
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3 books & journal articles
  • In A Fix: Fixed-Term Parliaments in the Australian States
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 41-2, June 2013
    • 1 June 2013
    ...Amendment Act 1934 (Qld) s 4. 6 Constitution Act 1934 (Tas) ss 23, 41A. Regarding double entrenchment, see Western Australia v Wilsmore (1982) 149 CLR 79, 99 –100 (Wilson J); West Lakes Ltd v South Australia (1980) 25 SASR 389, 414 (Zelling J). 7 Sharples v Arnison (2001) 160 FLR 194, 206 (......
  • Altering the Constitution: Some Aspects of Section 128
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 13-4, December 1983
    • 1 December 1983
    ..."Can the Commonwealth Parliament Enact 'Manner and Form' Legislation?" (1980) 11 FL Rev 167, 171-172. See also W A v Wilsmore (1982) 40 ALR 213. 21 G Sawer, supra n 5, 2-3. 22 28 & 29 Vic c 63 s 5 states: Every Colonial Legislature shall have, and be deemed at all Times to have had, full Po......
  • Sir Ronald Wilson: an appreciation.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 31 No. 2, August 2007
    • 1 August 2007
    ...20. (65) Parker, above n 32, 206. (66) Buti and Simmonds, above n 1, 17. (67) 'From Basement to Bench', above n 2, 9. (68) Ibid. (69) (1982) 149 CLR 79. (70) Ibid 102 (Wilson (71) (1981) 151 CLR 170. (72) Ibid 269-87. (73) Ibid 281. (74) See, eg, XYZ v Commonwealth (2006) 227 ALR 495. (75) ......

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