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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)
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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
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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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Implied constitutional right to political communication and the conflicting executive powers of the Commonwealth and states.
implied constitution right political communication commonwealth state
| constitution | implied | right | political | communication | jurisdiction |
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| constitution | imply | confine | governmental | communication | Commonwealth |
| impugned | freedom | political | discussion | state | |
| inferred | restrict | speak | |||
| right | speech |
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))
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
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>
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
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