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[145] Single judges of the Federal Court are not bound by decisions of previous single judges sitting at first instance. It is often said that a single judge of first instance will usually follow the decision of another judge of first instance of the same jurisdiction as a matter of “judicial comity” unless “convinced” the earlier decision is wrong, or “clearly” or “plainly” wrong. Many of the cases stemming from Burchett J’s decision in La Macchia v Minister for Primary Industries and Energy (1992) 110 ALR 201 at 204 were helpfully collected by Wheelahan J in CRS20 v Secretary, Department of Home Affairs [2024] FCA 619 at [256]–[262].
[146] In my view there are two difficulties with such statements…
Inside the Supreme Court crash course for tomorrow’s journos [Capital Brief paywall]
The NSW Supreme Court is teaching court reporting to journalism students with the help of former judge Richard Button. Capital Brief sat in on the latest lecture.
This video discusses the lead-up to the Australian 1974 double dissolution election and the joint sitting. It discusses the Gair affair, where there was an attempt to manipulate the Senate numbers by appointing a DLP Senator as Ambassador to Ireland. It explains how it all went wrong and how the Governor-General was twice given legal advice that was contrary to what was later claimed in Parliament.
A searchable database of every adjudication decision under the BIF Act and BCIPA back to 2004 (~7,300 decisions total). You can run full-text, Boolean and proximity searches (AND, OR, NOT, w/n etc.), enabling you to zero in on the decisions relevant to your matter.
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