The Commonwealth v The Australian Capital Territory: Marriage Equality in the High Court
On Thursday the High Court of Australia effectively struck down the nation’s first same-sex marriage laws. But there was a silver lining for marriage equality activists: in striking down marriage laws passed by a territorial ...
Wedding Crashers in Canberra?
The Australian Capital Territory made Australian history this week as the first Australian jurisdiction to provide for same-sex marriage. The ACT, Australia's equivalent of the US District of Columbia, first announced plans to ...
Ten Thousand Miles from Wall Street: Muldoon v. Melbourne City Council
Melbourne is ten thousand miles from Wall Street. And yet, as a Federal Court of Australia decision demonstrated this week, the legal ramifications of the Occupy Wall Street movement are no less significant for the distance.
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