gptkbp:instanceOf
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High Court of Australia case
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Williams_(No_1)
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gptkbp:area
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gptkb:Australian
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gptkbp:citation
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[2012] HCA 23
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:Australia
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gptkbp:date
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20 June 2012
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gptkbp:defendant
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gptkb:Commonwealth_of_Australia
gptkb:Minister_for_Families,_Housing,_Community_Services_and_Indigenous_Affairs
gptkb:Minister_for_Finance_and_Deregulation
gptkb:Minister_for_School_Education,_Early_Childhood_and_Youth
gptkb:Scripture_Union_Queensland
gptkb:Minister_for_Health_and_Ageing
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gptkbp:followedBy
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gptkb:Williams_v_Commonwealth_(No_2)
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gptkbp:fullName
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gptkb:Williams_v_Commonwealth_of_Australia;_Re:_Williams
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Williams v Commonwealth
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gptkbp:judge
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gptkb:Bell_J
gptkb:Crennan_J
gptkb:French_CJ
gptkb:Gummow_J
gptkb:Hayne_J
gptkb:Heydon_J
gptkb:Kiefel_J
gptkb:High_Court_of_Australia
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gptkbp:legalIssue
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Validity of Commonwealth funding for the National School Chaplaincy Program
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gptkbp:legislature
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gptkb:Financial_Management_and_Accountability_Act_1997_(Cth)
gptkb:Financial_Management_and_Accountability_Regulations_1997_(Cth)
gptkb:National_School_Chaplaincy_Program_Guidelines
gptkb:Australian_Constitution
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Canberra,_Australia
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gptkbp:plaintiff
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gptkb:Ronald_Williams
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gptkbp:precedentSet
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Commonwealth executive cannot spend money without legislative authority except in limited circumstances
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Williams_v_Commonwealth_(No_2)
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gptkbp:result
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High Court held that the Commonwealth executive could not spend money on the National School Chaplaincy Program without legislative authorisation
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gptkbp:significance
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Limited the scope of Commonwealth executive power to spend public money
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gptkbp:subject
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gptkb:constitutional_law
gptkb:Separation_of_powers
Executive power
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:High_Court_of_Australia
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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