Williams v Commonwealth (No 1)

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gptkbp:instanceOf High Court of Australia case
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Williams_(No_1)
gptkbp:category gptkb:2012_in_Australian_law
Australian constitutional law case
gptkbp:citation [2012] HCA 23
gptkbp:constitution gptkb:Section_61_of_the_Australian_Constitution
Section 51 of the Australian Constitution
gptkbp:country gptkb:Australia
gptkbp:date 20 June 2012
gptkbp:defendant gptkb:Commonwealth_of_Australia
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Williams_v_Commonwealth_(No_2)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Williams v Commonwealth (No 1)
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
gptkbp:legalIssue executive power of the Commonwealth
validity of federal funding for the National School Chaplaincy Program
gptkbp:plaintiff gptkb:Ronald_Williams
gptkbp:result High Court held that the Commonwealth executive could not spend money without legislative authorisation
gptkbp:significance landmark case on the limits of executive power in Australia
gptkbp:subject gptkb:National_School_Chaplaincy_Program
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Williams_v_Commonwealth_(No_2)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7