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The National Implied Power and Implied Restrictions on Commonwealth Power

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 January 2025

Cheryl Saunders
Cheryl Saunders*
Affiliation:
University of Melbourne
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Extract

The purpose of this paper is to examine the significance of the Franklin Dam case for the use of implications in the interpretation of the Commonwealth Constitution.

Implications of various kinds, derived from various sources, are regularly made in the interpretation of the Constitution. The necessity for them has been frequently acknowledged. In West's case, for example, Dixon J said:

Since the Engineers’ Case a notion seems to have gained currency that in interpreting the Constitution no implications can be made. Such a method of construction would defeat the intention of any instrument, but of all instruments a written constitution seems the last to which it could be applied. I do not think that the judgment of the majority of the court in the Engineers’ Case meant to propound such a doctrine.'

Type
Research Article
Information
Federal Law Review , Volume 14 , Issue 4 , June 1984 , pp. 267 - 275
Copyright
Copyright © 1984 The Australian National University

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References

1 Commonwealth v Tasmania (1983) 57 ALJR 450.

2 West v Commissioner of Taxation (NSW) (1937) 56 CLR 657.

3 Ibid 681-682.

4 R v Director-General of Social We/fare (Vic); ex parte Henry (1975) 133 CLR 369.

5 Ibid 388.

6 Amahtamated Society of Engineers v Adelaide Steamship Co Ltd (1920) 28 CLR 129.

7 Ibid 146per Knox CJ, Isaacs, Rich and Starke JJ.

8 (1937) 56 CLR 657.

9 Ibid 698-699.

10 Attorney-General for Victoria (ex rel Dale) v Commonwealth (1945) 71 CLR 237.

11 Victoria v Commonwealth and Hayden (1975) 134 CLR 338.

12 Pharmaceutical Benefits case (1945) 71 CLR 237,269 per Dixon J.

13 Australian Assistance Plan case (1975) 134 CLR 338, 396 per Mason J.

14 (1975) 134 CLR 338, 397.

15 Burns v Ransley (1949) 79 CLR IOI, 109-110.

16 Ibid.

17 Australian Communist Party v Commonwealth (1951) 83 CLR I.

18 Ibid 187.

19 (1975) 134 CLR 338, 397.

20 Commonwealth v Tasmania (1983) 57 ALJR 450, 534.

21 Ibid 572.

22 Ibid.

23 Ibid 479.

24 Ibid.

25 (1975) 134 CLR 338, 412-413.

26 Commonwealth v Tasmania ( 1983) 57 ALJR 450, 572-573.

27 Ibid 520.

28 Ibid 542.

29 Ibid.

30 Ibid.

31 Re Duncan; ex parte Australian Iron and Steel Pty Ltd (1983) 57 ALJR 649.

32 Commonwealth v Tasmania (1983) 57 ALJR 450, 486.

33 Jumbunna Coal Mine, No Liability v Victorian Coal Miners' Association (1908) 6 CLR 309.

34 Re Coldham; ex parte Australian Social Welfare Union (1983) 57 ALJR 574.

35 Jumbunna Coal Mine, No Liability v Victorian Coal Miners' Association (1908) 6 CLR 309, 368.

36 Ibid.

37 Ibid, 367-368.

38 Commonwealth v Tasmania (1983) 57 ALJR 450, 528.

39 Amalgamated Society of Engineers v Adelaide Steamship Co Ltd (1920) 28 CLR 129

40 Commonwealth v Tasmania (1983) 57 ALJR 450, 520.

41 Bank of New South Wales v Commonwealth (1948) 76 CLR I.

42 Ibid 184-185.

43 R v Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration; ex parte Victoria (1942) 66 CLR 488, 507.

44 Commonwealth v Tasmania (1983) 57 ALJR 450, 554.

45 lbid 505.

46 lbid 487.

47 Ibid 524.

48 Koowarta v Bjelke-Peterson (1982) 56 ALJR 625, 649.

49 Commonwealth v Tasmania (1983) 57 ALJR 450, 543 citing Melbourne Corporation v Commonwealth (1947) 74 CLR 31, 83.

50 Ibid 492 per Mason J, 525 per Brennan J, 554 per Deane J.

51 Ibid 492.

52 Ibid 525.

53 lbid 492.

54 Koowarta v Bjelke-Peterson (1982) 56 ALJR 625, 645.

55 Melbourne Corporation v Commonwealth (1947) 74 CLR 31, 82 per Dixon J.