High Court of Australia
HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA
GLEESON CJ,
GUMMOW, KIRBY, HAYNE, CALLINAN AND HEYDON JJ
ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR WESTERN
AUSTRALIA & ANOR APPLICANTS
AND
LAURENCE BERNHARD MARQUET RESPONDENT
Attorney-General (WA) v Marquet [2003] HCA 67
13 November 2003
P114/2002 and P115/2002
ORDER
In each of Matters No P114 and P115 of 2002, order:
1. Special leave to appeal granted. 2. Appeal treated as instituted and heard instanter but dismissed.
On appeal from the Supreme Court of Western Australia
Representation:
R J Meadows QC, Solicitor-General for the State of Western Australia with D F Jackson QC and R M Mitchell for the applicants (instructed by Crown Solicitor for the State of Western Australia)
No appearance for the respondent
S J Gageler SC with B Dharmananda for the amici curiae (instructed by Mallesons Stephen Jaques)
Interveners:
D M J Bennett QC, Solicitor-General of the Commonwealth with G M Aitken intervening on behalf of the Attorney‑General of the Commonwealth (instructed by Australian Government Solicitor)
P A Keane QC, Solicitor-General of the State of Queensland with G R Cooper intervening on behalf of the Attorney-General of the State of Queensland (instructed by Crown Solicitor for the State of Queensland)
M G Sexton SC, Solicitor-General for the State of New South Wales with M J Leeming, intervening on behalf of the Attorney‑General for the State of New South Wales (instructed by Crown Solicitor for the State of New South Wales)
Notice: This copy of the Court's Reasons for Judgment is subject to formal revision prior to publication in the Commonwealth Law Reports.
CATCHWORDS
Attorney-General (WA) v Marquet
Constitutional law (WA) – State Parliament – Powers – Manner and form provisions – Electoral Distribution Act 1947 (WA), s 13.
Parliament – Parliament of a State – Constitutional law (State) – Justiciability – Whether questions arising out of parliamentary consideration of Bills in the Chambers of a State Parliament appropriate for review by courts and judicial determination.
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