Highway & Ors v Tudor-Stack

• 1. Constitutional Law (Cth)
  2. › Implied freedom of political communication
  3. › Law of Territory legislature
  4. › Whether offence of disturbing Legislative Assembly burdens implied freedom
  5. › Whether law reasonably appropriate and adapted to serve legitimate end
  6. › [name withheld] test as reformulated in [name withheld] v [name withheld]
  7. › Criminal Code (NT), s 61(a)
• 1. Constitutional Law (Cth)
  2. › Territories power
  3. › Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
  4. › Separation of powers
  5. › Whether doctrine of separation of powers limits Territory legislature
  6. › Whether courts and Assembly have concurrent jurisdiction over conduct amounting to both criminal offence and breach of privilege
  7. › Constitution, s 122
  8. › Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978 (Cth), ss 6-12
• 1. Constitutional Law (Cth)
  2. › Parliamentary privilege
  3. › Article 9 of Bill of Rights 1688
  4. › Freedom of speech in Parliament
  5. › Whether Article 9 protects strangers entering Chamber from criminal prosecution
  6. › Whether s 61 of Criminal Code inconsistent with Article 9
  7. › Legislative Assembly (Powers and Privileges) Act 1992 (NT), s 6
• 1. Criminal Law
  2. › Offences against the legislature
  3. › Disturbing the Legislative Assembly whilst in session
  4. › Elements of offence
  5. › Defences
  6. › Whether ignorance of law a defence
  7. › Whether provocation available
  8. › Criminal Code (NT), s 61(a)

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