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Social Security Act 1991 (Cth)  

4. Family relationships definitions—couples

member of a couple has the meaning given by subsections (2), (3), (3A), (6) and (6A)

 

ad = added or inserted

am = amended

rs = repealed and substituted

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s 4..........................................

am No 74, 1991; No 116, 1991; No 194, 1991; No. 81, 1992; No. 36, 1993; No 55, 1994; No 63, 1994; No 184, 1994; No 104, 1995; No 105, 1995; No 114, 1997; No 197, 1997; No 18, 1998; No 45, 1998; No 82, 1999; No 192, 1999; No. 106, 2000; No. 73, 2002; No. 52, 2004; No. 108, 2006; No 156, 2006; No 144, 2008; No 46, 2011; No 76, 2013; No 98, 2014; No 17, 2018; No 26, 2018 (Sch 5 item 41; Sch 7 item 7)

1237A. Waiver of debt arising from error

Administrative error

 

s. 1237A................................

ad. No. 121, 1993

 

am. No. 106, 1995

 

rs. No. 143, 1995

 

am. No. 84, 1996

 

121, 1993 Social Security (Budget and Other Measures) Legislation Amendment Act 1993   Bills Digest

106, 1995 Social Security Legislation Amendment (Family Measures) Act 1995   Bills Digest

 43, 1995 Social Security Legislation Amendment (Carer Pension and Other Measures) Act 1995  Bills Digest

 84, 1996 Social Security Legislation Amendment (Budget and Other Measures) Act 1996   Bills Digest

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Secretary, Department of Family and Community Services v Sekhon [2003] FCA 76
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Groth v Secretary, Department of Social Security [1995] FCA 1708
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Sir Harry Gibbs Constitutional Law Moot

Topic:

Implied constitutional right to political communication and the conflicting executive powers of the Commonwealth and states.

The Constitution

Search Words:

implied constitution right political communication commonwealth state

constitution implied right political communication jurisdiction
constitution imply confine governmental communication Commonwealth
  impugned freedom   political discussion state
  inferred restrict   speak  
    right   speech  

Search Strings:

constitution!

(impl! OR impugn! OR infer!)

(confine OR free! OR restrict! OR right)

(government OR politic!)

(communicat! OR discuss! OR speech OR speak)

(Commonwealth OR state)

 

constitution! AND (impl! OR impugn! OR infer!) AND (confine OR free! OR restrict! OR right) AND ((government OR politic!) /5 (communicat! OR discuss! OR speech OR speak)) 

constitution! AND (impl! OR impugn! OR infer!) AND (confine OR free! OR restrict! OR right) AND ((government OR politic!) /5 (communicat! OR discuss! OR speech OR speak)) AND (Commonwealth OR state)

(constitution! /75 ((government OR politic!) /5 (communicat! OR speech OR speak))) /75 ((impl! OR impugn! OR infer!) AND (confine OR free! OR restrict! OR right))

Resources:

 
Encyclopaedia Articles:

The Laws of Australia:

21. Human Rights > 21.2. The Australian Legal Foundation > 2 Constitutional Provisions > Implied Constitutional Rights > Freedom of Communication > Implied Fundamental Freedom
[21.2.340] By a process of implication (from its structure and text), the Constitution can be seen to guarantee freedom of communication on political issues.

Halsbury's Laws of Australia:

90 — Constitutional Law  >  VII Rights And Freedoms
(7) Freedom of Political Communication

 

Journal Articles:

Meagher, Dan, 'What is 'political communication'? The rationale and scope of the implied freedom of political communication' (2004) 28(2) Melbourne University Law Review 438 <https://search-informit-com-au.libproxy.murdoch.edu.au/fullText;dn=20051562;res=AGISPT>

Melissa Castan,'Is liking something on Facebook ‘protected political speech’? It depends' (14 August 2017) The Conversation <https://theconversation.com/is-liking-something-on-facebook-protected-political-speech-it-depends-82209>

 

Case Law:

Lange Test
Lange v Australian Broadcasting Corporation [1997] 189 CLR 520
Coleman v Power (2004) 220 CLR 1

McCloy v New South Wales (2015) 325 ALR 15

Attorney-General (SA) v Corporation of the City of Adelaide (2013) 249 CLR 1

Monis v R (2013) 249 CLR 92

Tajjour v New South Wales; Hawthorne v New South Wales; Forster v New South Wales (2014) 254 CLR 508 

Books

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