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    Western Australia v Commonwealth, also known as the First Territory Senators' Case, was an important decision of the High Court of Australia concerning...
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  • Western Australia v Commonwealth may refer to a number of High Court of Australia cases: Western Australia v Commonwealth (1975) 134 CLR 201, First Territory...
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    territories in the Australian Parliament. The case involved a re-argument of the High Court's decision in Western Australia v Commonwealth (1975), in which the...
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    justice". Conversely, the decision was criticised by the government of Western Australia and various mining and pastoralist groups. Soon after the decision...
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    Victoria v Commonwealth was an important decision of the High Court of Australia concerning the procedures in section 57 of the Constitution. The decision...
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  • The Australian Government, also known as the Commonwealth Government or the Federal Government, is the national government of the Commonwealth of Australia...
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  • War II. Western Australia gained the right of self-government in 1890, and joined with the five other states to form the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901...
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    Territory and the Northern Territory. Victoria did so in 1975, South Australia in 1976, and Western Australia in 1984. New South Wales abolished the death penalty...
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  • South Australia, and Western Australia agreed to unite and form the Commonwealth of Australia, establishing a system of federalism in Australia.[citation...
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