Thoms v Commonwealth (2019)

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	High Court case
gptkbp:applicantStatus	Indigenous people New Zealand citizen
gptkbp:applicantTribe	Gunggari people
gptkbp:application	gptkb:Brendan_Thoms
gptkbp:category	Australian constitutional case Indigenous Australian legal history
gptkbp:citation	[2019] HCA 3
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Australia
gptkbp:date	2020
gptkbp:deportationReason	gptkb:crime
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy	gptkb:Gageler_J gptkb:Keane_J gptkb:Kiefel_CJ
gptkbp:fullTitle	Love v Commonwealth; Thoms v Commonwealth [2019] HCA 3
gptkbp:hearingYear	2019
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Thoms v Commonwealth (2019)
gptkbp:impact	affected immigration law and policy
gptkbp:judge	gptkb:High_Court_of_Australia
gptkbp:legalIssue	gptkb:citizenship gptkb:constitutional_law deportation Indigenous status
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy	gptkb:Bell_J gptkb:Edelman_J gptkb:Gordon_J gptkb:Nettle_J
gptkbp:mediaCoverage	extensive
gptkbp:predecessor	Indigenous rights in Australia
gptkbp:principle	Aboriginal Australians cannot be considered aliens, even if not citizens
gptkbp:relatedTo	Love v Commonwealth (2019)
gptkbp:response	gptkb:Commonwealth_of_Australia
gptkbp:result	High Court held Aboriginal Australians cannot be considered aliens under the Constitution
gptkbp:significance	First time High Court recognised a category of non-citizen, non-alien
gptkbp:subject	gptkb:Section_51(xix)_of_the_Australian_Constitution definition of 'alien' in Australian law
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Brendan_Thoms
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7