Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Peebles v Honourable Tony Burke [2010] FCA 838 Citation: Peebles v Honourable Tony Burke [2010] FCA 838
Parties: MS ROBYN PEEBLES v THE HONOURABLE TONY BURKE MP, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY (NSW BRANCH) and AUSTRALIAN ELECTORAL COMMISSION
File number: NSD 963 of 2010
Judge: MOORE J
Date of judgment: 9 August 2010
Catchwords: FEDERAL PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS – electoral advertising – prohibited acts – printing, publishing or distributing a matter or thing intended or likely to mislead elector in or in relation to casting of a vote – "casting of a vote" refers only to the act of recording or expressing or giving effect to the elector's choice of a candidate by the physical act of voting, not the formation of that choice
Legislation: Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (Cth)
Cases cited: Evans v Crichton-Browne (1981) 147 CLR 169 applied Webster v Deahm (1993) 116 ALR 223 applied
Date of hearing: 4 August 2010
Date of last submissions: 9 August 2010
Place: Sydney
Division: GENERAL DIVISION
Category: Catchwords
Number of paragraphs: 15
Counsel for the Applicant: P King
Solicitor for the Applicant: Robert Balzola and Associates
Counsel for the First and Second Respondents: R Darke SC & J Spinak
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