Koowarta v Bjelke-Petersen

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Koowarta_v_Bjelke-Petersen
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gptkbp:instanceOf High Court of Australia case
gptkbp:citation (1982) 153 CLR 168
gptkbp:date 11 May 1982
gptkbp:defendant gptkb:Joh_Bjelke-Petersen
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy gptkb:Wilson_J
Aickin J
gptkbp:fullName Koowarta v Bjelke-Petersen & Ors
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Koowarta v Bjelke-Petersen
gptkbp:judge gptkb:High_Court_of_Australia
gptkbp:legalIssue Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth)
external affairs power
section 51(xxix) of the Australian Constitution
gptkbp:location gptkb:Australia
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy gptkb:Brennan_J
Gibbs CJ (in part)
Mason J
Murphy J
Stephen J
gptkbp:plaintiff John Koowarta
gptkbp:result Racial Discrimination Act 1975 upheld as valid under external affairs power
gptkbp:significance important for Indigenous land rights
landmark case on external affairs power
gptkbp:subject gptkb:constitutional_law
racial discrimination
Indigenous land rights
gptkbp:関連法令 gptkb:International_Convention_on_the_Elimination_of_All_Forms_of_Racial_Discrimination
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sir_Harry_Talbot_Gibbs
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7