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Section 109 and the High Court — The Recent Inconsistency Decisions in Wreck Bay and Outback Ballooning

AACL Event
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The Constitutional Centre of Western Australia in conjunction with the Australian Association for Constitutional Law

Date: 8 May 2019

Time: 5.45pm (for 6pm start) to 7pm

Location: Constitutional Centre of WA, 40 Havelock St, West Perth

This seminar will examine two recent decisions on inconsistency between Commonwealth and State laws under s 109 of the Commonwealth Constitution: Williams v Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community Council [2019] HCA 4 and Work Health Authority v Outback Ballooning Pty Ltd [2019] HCA 2. The speakers are Jen Perera and Jane Godfrey from the WA State Solicitor's Office, and the seminar will be chaired by Ben Tomasi from the WA State Solicitor's Office.