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Judgment summaries for yesterday’s HCA decisions:
“The Court held that s 5(3) of the ITAA was supported by s 51(xxix) of the Constitution and was effective to revive the operation of those provisions of the QLTA and the VLTA mentioned above that were, prior to 8 April 2024, rendered inoperative by s 109 of the Constitution. In so finding, the Court reopened and overruled University of Wollongong v Metwally (1984) 158 CLR 447.”
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