• Episode 20: Could "billions of dollars" of government spending be unconstitutional?

  • Dec 14 2020
  • Length: 23 mins
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Episode 20: Could "billions of dollars" of government spending be unconstitutional?

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  • Outrage over a federal government decision to put religious chaplains in government schools made headlines at the time for being a fight over the separation of church and state. But the real High Court case was about much more - and it has the potential to upend the way the entire federal government functions.

    Court cases: 
    - Williams v Commonwealth of Australia [2012] HCA 23 (20 June 2012) http://www6.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/cth/HCA/2012/23.html
     
    - Williams v Commonwealth of Australia [2014] HCA 23 (19 June 2014) http://www6.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/cth/HCA/2014/23.html
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