Fantasy, politics and offshore processing
So, the Gillard government continues its bizarre negotiations with the Coalition over some legislative way to effectively overturn the High Court’s decision on asylum seekers, and revive offshore processing. A dire warning was provided to the Coalition by the Secretary [...]
Peter Beattie for PM? Labor implodes?
In the wake of the asylum seeker decision by the High Court, federal Labor’s cup of existential angst is spilling over. The problem now with the ‘hold your nerve with Julia’ strategy is that her personal and policy performance appears [...]
High Court stops Malaysian solution
It’s just been revealed that the High Court has prevented Chris Bowen from deporting asylum seekers to Malaysia. NB: Previous discussion of the legal action on LP is here. Update: The full decision of the Court is in this post [...]
Injunction against asylum seeker deportations to Malaysia granted
In news just in, the High Court has granted an injunction against deportation of the asylum seekers who have recently arrived on Christmas Island until tomorrow, to enable argument in a case brought to assert that their deportation is illegal [...]
High Court upholds GetUp! challenge to electoral laws
A quick link: William Bowe reports that the High Court has upheld GetUp!’s challenge to the 2005 Howard electoral laws which closed election rolls very shortly after writs were issued. So, potentially 100 000 extra Australians might be voting on [...]
Kirby J goes out dissenting
Legal Eagle has an erudite post at Skepticlawyer dissecting the High Court’s decision on an appeal on the constitutionality of legislation enabling the Northern Territory Intervention in Wurridjal v Commonwealth of Australia. She notes that Justice Michael Kirby, who has [...]
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