High Court of Australia

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constitutional court court of final appeal supreme court

The High Court of Australia is the nation’s supreme judicial authority, serving as the final court of appeal and the ultimate interpreter of the Australian Constitution.

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Surface form Occurrences
High Court of Australia for constitutional validity 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional court ⓘ
court of final appeal ⓘ
supreme court ⓘ
abolishedAppealsTo Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ⓘ
alsoKnownAs HCA ⓘ
appealsHeardBy Full Court of the High Court ⓘ
appointingAuthority Governor-General of Australia ⓘ
appointmentsMadeOnAdviceOf Australian government ⓘ
surface form: Australian Government

Prime Minister ⓘ
surface form: Prime Minister of Australia
building High Court building, Canberra ⓘ
canDeclare legislation invalid under the Constitution ⓘ
composition Chief Justice of Australia ⓘ
other Justices of the High Court ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Australian Constitution ⓘ
surface form: Chapter III of the Australian Constitution
country Australia ⓘ
dateEstablished 1903 ⓘ
decides appeals from federal courts ⓘ
appeals from state and territory supreme courts ⓘ
establishedBy Judiciary Act 1903 ⓘ
hasAppellateJurisdiction civil cases ⓘ
criminal cases ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver constitutional matters ⓘ
disputes between states and the Commonwealth ⓘ
federal law matters ⓘ
inter se disputes between states ⓘ
hasOriginalJurisdiction disputes between states ⓘ
matters affecting consuls or other representatives of other countries ⓘ
matters arising under the Constitution ⓘ
matters in which the Commonwealth is a party ⓘ
matters involving treaties ⓘ
interprets Australian Constitution ⓘ
common law of Australia ⓘ
federal statutes ⓘ
isPartOf judiciary of Australia ⓘ
jurisdiction Australia ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
location Canberra ⓘ
maximumNumberOfJustices 7 ⓘ
overlooks Lake Burley Griffin ⓘ
predecessor Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ⓘ
surface form: Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (for some appeals)
role final court of appeal in Australia ⓘ
ultimate interpreter of the Australian Constitution ⓘ
seat Canberra ⓘ
typeOfCourt federal court ⓘ
superior court of record ⓘ
website https://www.hcourt.gov.au/ ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

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Lake Burley Griffin → adjacentTo → High Court of Australia ⓘ
Australian government → canBeReviewedBy → High Court of Australia ⓘ
this entity surface form: High Court of Australia for constitutional validity
Supreme Court of Tasmania → canHearAppealsTo → High Court of Australia ⓘ
Parliamentary Triangle, Canberra → contains → High Court of Australia ⓘ
Australian Constitution → establishes → High Court of Australia ⓘ
Australian government → hasCourtOfFinalAppeal → High Court of Australia ⓘ
subject surface form: Australian Capital Territory
Canberra → hostsInstitution → High Court of Australia ⓘ
Australian Constitution → interpretedBy → High Court of Australia ⓘ
Australian government → judicialBranch → High Court of Australia ⓘ
Australian Constitution → judicialPowerVestedIn → High Court of Australia ⓘ
Yorta Yorta people → legalCaseCourt → High Court of Australia ⓘ
NGA → locatedNear → High Court of Australia ⓘ
subject surface form: National Gallery of Australia
National Portrait Gallery of Australia → locatedNear → High Court of Australia ⓘ
Common law of New South Wales → subjectTo → High Court of Australia ⓘ