| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:High_Court_of_Australia_case 
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                                | gptkbp:alsoKnownAs | gptkb:Williams_(No_1) 
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                                | gptkbp:area | gptkb:Australian 
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                                | gptkbp:citation | [2012] HCA 23 
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                                | gptkbp:country | gptkb:Australia 
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                                | gptkbp:date | 20 June 2012 
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                                | gptkbp:defendant | 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 | gptkb:Williams_v_Commonwealth_(No_2) 
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                                | gptkbp:fullName | gptkb:Williams_v_Commonwealth_of_Australia;_Re:_Williams 
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                                | gptkbp:judge | 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 | Validity of Commonwealth funding for the National School Chaplaincy Program 
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                                | gptkbp:legislature | 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 | gptkb:Canberra,_Australia 
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                                | gptkbp:plaintiff | gptkb:Ronald_Williams 
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                                | gptkbp:precedentSet | Commonwealth executive cannot spend money without legislative authority except in limited circumstances 
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                                | gptkbp:relatedTo | gptkb:Williams_v_Commonwealth_(No_2) 
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                                | gptkbp:result | 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 | Limited the scope of Commonwealth executive power to spend public money 
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                                | gptkbp:subject | gptkb:constitutional_law gptkb:Separation_of_powers
 Executive power
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:High_Court_of_Australia 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 6 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Williams v Commonwealth 
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