The numbers after each reference correspond to page numbers in the printed book.
Where the reference is to a chapter or section of the Constitution, the chapter or section is also specified in brackets.
Court cases are listed under their popular name used in this publication, with any fuller name and their citation specified in brackets.
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
A
A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 [5.51] [MISSING]
A v Hayden (A v Hayden (No 2) [1984] HCA 67), 190 [9.34]
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984, 205 [10.12]
Acts Interpretation Act 1901, 128 [6.59]
Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977, 151–152, 162 [7.40] [8.13]
Ah Sheung (A-G (Cth) v Ah Sheung [1906] HCA 44), 60 [3.56]
Alexander (Alexander v Minister for Home Affairs [2022] HCA 19), 63 [3.67], 194 [9.47]
Al-Kateb (Al-Kateb v Godwin [2004] HCA 37), 194 [9.48]
Alqudsi (2016) [9.15] [MISSING]
APLA v Legal Services Commissioner (NSW) (APLA Ltd v Legal Services Commissioner (NSW) [2005] HCA 44), 186 [9.19]
Archdall (R v Archdall and Roskruge; Ex parte Carrigan and Brown [1928] HCA 18), 185 [9.14-9.15]
Austin (Austin v Commonwealth [2003] HCA 3), 91 [5.21]
Australia (Request and Consent) Act 1985 [SW.notes] [AA.notes] [MISSING]
Australia Act 1986, 47, 49–56, 78, 132, 219–220, 290–297 [3.15, 3.20, 3.24, 3.28-3.48] [4.56-4.77] [5.93] [6.76] [8.45] [11.10, 11.13,-11.14] [SW.notes]
Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988 [4.71] [MISSING]
Australian Citizenship Act 2007, 60 [3.58, 3.63, 3.66]
Australian Constitutions Act 1850 (British) [2.6-2.8, 4.41] [AA.11] [MISSING]
Australian Courts Act 1828 (British) [AA.11] [MISSING]
Australian Education Act 2013, 104 [5.67]
Australian Education Union (Re Australian Education Union; Ex parte Victoria [1995] HCA 71), 91 [5.21]
Australian States Constitution Act 1907 (British) [3.25] [MISSING]
B
Bank Nationalisation case (Bank of NSW v Commonwealth [1948] HCA 7), 198 [9.61]
Bankruptcy Act 1966, 78 [4.55], 162 [8.13, 8.16]
Barger (R v Barger [1908] HCA 43), 86, 87 [5.9, 5.12]
Benbrika (Minister for Home Affairs v Benbrika [2021] HCA 4), 194–195 [9.49]
Bogle (Commonwealth v Bogle [1953] HCA 10), 90 [5.19]
Brislan (R v Brislan [1935] HCA 78), 88 [5.13]
Brown (Brown v Tasmania [2017] HCA 43), 193 [9.45]
Burgess (R v Burgess; Ex parte Henry [1936] HCA 52), 91, 173 [5.25] [8.52]
Burns v Corbett ([2018] HCA 15), 169 [8.39]
C
Cameron v Hogan ([1934] HCA 24), 124 [6.47]
Capital Duplicators (No 2) (Capital Duplicators Pty Ltd v ACT (No 2) [1993] HCA 67), 100 [4.73] [5.50]
Chamberlain Industries (WA v Chamberlain Industries Pty Ltd [1970] HCA 5), 99 [5.49]
Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989 [8.16] [MISSING]
Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988 [8.16] [MISSING]
Christmas Island (Request and Consent) Act 1957 [SW.notes] [MISSING]
Christmas Island Act, 1958 (British) [SW.notes] [MISSING]
Cigamatic (Commonwealth v Cigamatic Pty Ltd (In Liq) [1962] HCA 40), 90 [5.19]
Clarke (2009) [5.21] [MISSING]
Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Request and Consent) Act 1954 [SW.notes] [MISSING]
Cocos Islands Act, 1955 (British) [SW.notes] [MISSING]
Cole v Whitfield (1988) [1.64] [8.67] [9.18, 9.20] [MISSING]
Colonial Laws Validity Act 1865 (British) [1.50] [2.9] [3.10] [3.12-3.13] [4.15, 4.58-4.59] [SW.2] [AA.3] [MISSING]
Colonial Courts of Admiralty Act, 1890 (British) [SW.6] [AA.11] [MISSING]
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918, 113, 119, 195, 206 [6.2, 6.4, 6.6, 6.9, 6.12, 6.15, 6.19-6.20, 6.25, 6.33-6.37, 6.39, 6.49] [9.50] [10.17]
Commonwealth Franchise Act 1902, 205–206 [10.16]
Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900, see [Constitution Act]
Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Bill 1900 (British) [2.73] [MISSING]
Communist Party case (Australian Communist Party v Commonwealth [1951] HCA 5), 159–160, 198 [8.2-8.4]
Competition and Consumer Act 2010, 12, 130, 131, 162 [1.46] [6.66] [8.13]
Constitution Act 1902 (NSW) [4.9, 4.18-4.22] [9.54] [MISSING]
Constitution Act 1975 (Vic) [4.9, 4.23-4.29] [10.35] [MISSING]
Constitution Act 1867 and the Constitution of Queensland Act 2001 (Qld) [4.9, 4.30-4.34] [AA.13] [MISSING]
Constitution Act 1934 (SA) [4.9, 4.35-4.39] [MISSING]
Constitution Act 1934 (Tas) [4.9, 4.40-4.43] [MISSING]
Constitution Act 1889 and the Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1899 (WA) [4.9, 4.44-4.46] [9.54] [AA.14] [MISSING]
Corporations Act 2001 [5.90] [6.70, 6.75] [7.52] [MISSING]
Criminal Code Act 1995, 110 [5.91]
Customs Act 1901, 4 [1.13, 1.15] [8.23]
D
D’Emden v Pedder ([1904] HCA 1), 86 [5.7]
Dawson (Dawson v Commonwealth [1946] HCA 41), 88 [5.14]
DOGS case (A-G (Vic) ex rel Black v Commonwealth [1981] HCA 2), 187 [9.23]
E
Eastman (Eastman v R [2000] HCA 29), 79 [4.63]
Engineers’ case (Amalgamated Society of Engineers v Adelaide Steamship Co Ltd [1920] HCA 54), 87, 89, 96, 175 [5.10-5.11, 5.18, 5.36] [8.60]
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, 132 [6.73]
Everson v Board of Education ((1947) 330 US 1), 187 [9.22]
F
Fair Work Act 2009, 131, 132, 162 [6.70] [8.13, 8.16]
Fairfax (Fairfax v Commissioner of Taxation [1965] HCA 64), 87 [5.12]
Family Law Act 1975 [8.16] [MISSING]
Federal Council of Australasia Act 1885 [2.25] [MISSING]
Federal Financial Relations Act 2009, 100, 103, 104 [5.52, 5.65, 5.67]
Federal Roads case (Victoria v Commonwealth [1926] HCA 48), 104 [5.66]
Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Act 1997, 105 [5.69]
First Territorial Senators case (WA v Commonwealth [1975] HCA 46), 136 [6.92]
First Uniform Tax case (SA v Commonwealth [1942] HCA 14), 99 [5.45]
Fitzpatrick and Browne (R v Richards; Ex parte Fitzpatrick & Browne [1955] HCA 36), 126 [6.54-6.55]
Franklin Dam case (Commonwealth v Tasmania [1983] HCA 21), 8, 88, 93–95, 174–175, 176 [1.27] [5.14, 5.28-5.33] [8.56-8.59, 8.64]
Freedom of Information Act 1982, 152 [7.43]
G
Gratwick v Johnson ([1945] HCA 7), 88 [5.14]
H
Ha (Ha v NSW [1997] HCA 34), 100 [5.50]
Henderson (Re Residential Tenancies Tribunal of NSW v Henderson; Ex parte Defence Housing Authority [1997] HCA 36), 90 [5.19]
Hughes (R v Hughes [2000] HCA 22), 109 [5.89]
Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Act 2011, 198 [9.62]
I
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 [7.8] [8.7, 8.13] [MISSING]
Incorporation case (NSW v Commonwealth [1990] HCA 2), 89, 109 [5.15, 5.87]
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, 16, 58–59, 206–207, 208, 210, 213 [1.72, 1.73] [3.53] [10.18, 10.23, 10.29, 10.31, 10.39]
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 16 [1.72], 59 [3.54]
Interpretation Act, 1889 (British) [SW.11] [MISSING]
J
Jehovah’s Witnesses case (Adelaide Company of Jehovah’s Witnesses Inc v Commonwealth [1943] HCA 12), 187 [9.21]
Jones (Jones v Commonwealth (No 2) [1965] HCA 6), 88 [5.13]
JT International SA v Commonwealth ([2012] HCA 43), 184 [9.11]
Judiciary Act 1903 [5.20] [7.39] [MISSING]
Judicial Committee Act 1833 (British) [AA.11] [MISSING]
Judicial Committee Act 1844 (British) [AA.11] [MISSING]
K
Kable (Kable v DPP (NSW) [1996] HCA 24), 77 [4.51], 169–170, 195–196 [8.40] [9.52]
Kartinyeri (Kartinyeri v Commonwealth [1998] HCA 22), 205 [10.12]
Kingswell (Kingswell v The Queen [1985] HCA 72), 185 [9.15]
Koowarta (Koowarta v Bjelke-Petersen [1982] HCA 27), 92–93, 173, 206–207 [5.26-5.27, 5.29] [8.52] [10.18]
Kruger (Kruger v Commonwealth [1997] HCA 27), 79 [4.63]
Krygger v Williams ([1912] HCA 65), 188 [9.24]
L
Lange (Lange v ABC [1997] HCA 25), 113, 192 [6.3] [9.38, 9.43]
Langer (Langer v Commonwealth [1996] HCA 43), 116 [6.9]
Love and Thoms (Love v Commonwealth [2020] HCA 3), 61 [3.62], 174, 178 [8.56, 8.72]
M
Mabo (No 1) (Mabo v Queensland [1988] HCA 69), 197 [9.56]
Mabo (No 2) (Mabo v Queensland (No 2) [1992] HCA 23), 1, 19, 207–210 [1.2] [2.1] [3.62] [10.20-10.21, 10.23, 10.25, 10.27]
Marquet (A-G (WA) v Marquet [2003] HCA 67), 52 [3.30]
Marriage Act 1961, 80 [4.66]
Marriage Equality case (Commonwealth v ACT [2013] HCA 55), 80, 88, 178 [4.66] [5.13] [8.73]
McCloy (McCloy v NSW [2015] HCA 34), 193 [9.44]
McGinty (McGinty v WA [1996] HCA 48), 113, 120 [6.3, 6.31]
McKellar (A-G (NSW) Ex rel McKellar v Commonwealth [1977] HCA 1), 119 [6.26]
McKinlay (A-G (Cth) Ex rel McKinlay v Commonwealth [1975] HCA 53), 113, 119 [6.3, 6.30]
Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984 [7.48] [MISSING]
Merchant Shipping Act 1894 (British) [AA.4] [MISSING]
Migration Act 1958 [1.46] [6.69] [8.13, 8.16] [MISSING]
Ministers of State Act 1952, 148 [7.29]
Murphy (Murphy v Electoral Commissioner [2016] HCA 36), 115 [6.5]
N
Nationality and Citizenship Act 1948, 60 [3.58, 3.59]
Nationwide News (Nationwide News Pty Ltd v Wills [1992] HCA 46), 191–192 [9.38-9.41]
Native Title Act 1993, 210 [10.27-10.29]
Native Title Act case (WA v Commonwealth [1995] HCA 47), 210 [10.28]
Norfolk Island Act 1979 [4.74] [MISSING]
Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978 [4.67, 4.71] [MISSING]
O
Ombudsman Act 1976, 152 [7.43]
P
Palmer v WA ([2021] HCA 5), 187 [9.20]
Pape (Pape v Commissioner of Taxation [2009] HCA 23), 102, 103, 133, 228 [5.60-5.61, 5.63] [6.78] [11.39]
Parliamentary Privileges Act 1987, 125 [6.51-6.55]
Petroleum and Minerals Authority Bill case (Victoria v Commonwealth [1975] HCA 39), 136 [6.92]
Political Broadcasts case (Australian Capital Television Pty Ltd v Commonwealth [1992] HCA 45), 16, 192 [1.71] [9.38, 9.42]
Polyukhovich (Polyukhovich v Commonwealth [1991] HCA 32), 190, 191 [9.36-9.37]
Port MacDonnell Professional Fishermen’s Association (Port MacDonnell Professional Fishermen’s Association v SA [1989] HCA 49), 110 [5.92]
Privacy Act 1988, 152 [7.43]
Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013, 155 [7.52]
Public Service Act 1999, 133, 153 [6.79] [7.47]
Q
Queensland Electricity Commission (Queensland Electricity Commission v Commonwealth [1985] HCA 56), 90 [5.21]
Queensland Rail (CEEEIPPASU v Queensland Rail [2015] HCA 11), 160 [8.4]
R
Racial Discrimination Act 1975, 16 [1.73] [3.53] [5.26-5.27] [6.73] [8.46, 8.52] [9.55-9.56] [10.18-10.19, 10.39] [MISSING]
Re Canavan ([2017] HCA 45), 122–123 [6.41-6.42]
Re Gallagher ([2018] HCA 17), 123 [6.42]
Re Lambie ([2018] HCA 6), 123 [6.44]
Re Nash (No 2) ([2017] HCA 52), 123 [6.44]
Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984, 218 [11.5-11.6]
Representation Act 1948 [6.25] [MISSING]
Representation Act 1983, 118 [6.25]
Richardson (Richardson v Forestry Commission [1988] HCA 10), 95 [5.33]
Ridgeway (Ridgeway v The Queen [1995] HCA 66), 190 [9.35]
Rights of the Terminally Ill Act 1995 (NT) [4.65] [MISSING]
Roach (Roach v Electoral Commissioner [2007] HCA 43), 115, 195 [6.4] [9.50]
Rowe (Rowe v Electoral Commissioner [2010] HCA 46), 115, 195 [6.4] [9.50]
S
Seat of Government Acceptance Act 1909, 133 [6.81]
Second Uniform Tax case (Victoria v Commonwealth [1957] HCA 54), 99 [5.46-5.48]
SGH Ltd (SGH Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation [2002] HCA 18), 178 [8.73]
Shaw (Shaw v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [2003] HCA 72), 60 [3.60]
Shipping Board case (Commonwealth v Australian Commonwealth Shipping Board [1926] HCA 39), 89 [5.17]
Singh (Singh v Commonwealth [2004] HCA 43), 61 [3.61]
Sipka (R v Pearson; Ex parte Sipka [1983] HCA 6), 183, 206 [9.8] [10.16]
Spence (Spence v Queensland [2019] HCA 15), 89, 90, 91 [5.15, 5.19, 5.22]
Spratt v Hermes ([1965] HCA 66), 79 [4.61, 4.63]
State Banking case (Melbourne Corporation v Commonwealth [1947] HCA 26), 90 [5.21]
State Superannuation Board case (1982) [5.14] [MISSING]
Statute of Westminster 1931/Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942, 45–47, 55–56, 219–220, 285–289 [3.11-3.17, 3.23-3.24, 3.27, 3.30, 3.32-3.34, 3.38, 3.42, 3.45-3.48] [4.59] [11.9, 11.13-11.14] [AA.5, AA.12, AA.15-AA.16]
Street v Queensland Bar Association ([1989] HCA 53), 189 [9.29]
Succession to the Crown Act 2015 (British) [3.35] [MISSING]
Sue v Hill ([1999] HCA 30), 122 [6.40-6.41]
Superannuation Guarantee Charge Act 1992, 87 [5.12]
Supreme Court Act 1887 (Tas) [4.42] [MISSING]
Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW) [4.21] [MISSING]
Supreme Court of Queensland Act 1991 (Qld) [4.33] [MISSING]
Sykes v Cleary ([1992] HCA 32), 122, 123 [6.40, 6.43]
T
Teoh (Minister of State for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Ah Hin Teoh [1995] HCA 20), 91 [5.23]
Teori Tau (Teori Tau v Commonwealth [1969] HCA 62), 79 [4.61-4.62]
Theophanous (Theophanous v Herald & Weekly Times Ltd [1994] HCA 46), 178 [8.71]
Thomas v Mowbray ([2007] HCA 33), 194 [9.48]
Tobacco Plain Packaging Act 2011 [9.11] [MISSING]
Totani (SA v Totani [2010] HCA 39), 170 [8.42]
Trethowan (A–G (NSW) v Trethowan [1931] HCA 3), 68–69 [4.15-4.16]
U
Uluru Statement from the Heart (2017), 201, 213–214 [10.1, 10.41-10.43]
V
W
Wainohu (Wainohu v NSW [2011] HCA 24), 170 [8.41]
Wakim (Re Wakim; Ex parte McNally [1999] HCA 27), 109, 162 [5.89] [8.13]
Water Act 2007, 110 [5.91]
Whitlam Labor government dismissal (1975), 135, 145–147 [6.90] [7.19-7.23]
Wik (Wik Peoples v Queensland [1996] HCA 40), 209, 210 [10.26, 10.29]
Williams (No 1) (Williams v Commonwealth (No 1) [2012] HCA 23), 102–103, 104, 143–144, 188, 228 [5.62-5.63, 5.69] [7.11] [9.25] [11.39]
Williams (No 2) (Williams v Commonwealth (No 2) [2014] HCA 23), 102–103 [5.62-5.63] [7.11]
Work Choices (2006) [5.14] [MISSING]
Wurridjal (2009) [4.62] [MISSING]
