HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Court No. 1 
Parkes Place, Canberra

TUESDAY, 5 DECEMBER 2017

AT 10:15 AM

BEFORE THE FULL COURT

FOR HEARING

1.		BURNS

	CORBETT & ORS

	K T Nomchong SC
K L Madgwick	P E King
J A Loxton
(for the 1st Respondent)

M G Sexton SC
(Solicitor-General for the State of 
New South Wales)
K M Richardson SC
M O Pulsford
(for the 2nd Respondent)

S P Donaghue QC
(Solicitor-General for the Commonwealth of Australia)
C L Lenehan
J Freidgeim
(for the 3rd Respondent)

2.		BURNS

	GAYNOR & ORS

	K T Nomchong SC
H E Jewell	P E King
(for the 1st Respondent)

Submitting appearance
(for the 2nd Respondent)

M G Sexton SC
(Solicitor-General for the State of 
New South Wales)
K M Richardson SC
M O Pulsford
(for the 3rd to 4th Respondents)
	
		S P Donaghue QC
(Solicitor-General for the Commonwealth of Australia)
C L Lenehan
J Freidgeim
(for the 5th Respondent)

3.		ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR 
NEW SOUTH WALES

	BURNS & ORS

	M G Sexton SC
(Solicitor-General for the State of 
New South Wales)
K M Richardson SC
M O Pulsford	K T Nomchong SC
K L Madgwick
(for the 1st Respondent)

P E King
J A Loxton
(for the 2nd Respondent)

S P Donaghue QC
(Solicitor-General for the Commonwealth of Australia)
C L Lenehan
J Freidgeim
(for the 3rd Respondent)

4.		ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR 
NEW SOUTH WALES

	BURNS & ORS

	M G Sexton SC
(Solicitor-General for the State of 
New South Wales)
K M Richardson SC
M O Pulsford	K T Nomchong SC
H E Jewell
(for the 1st Respondent)

P E King
(for the 2nd Respondent)

S P Donaghue QC
(Solicitor-General for the Commonwealth of Australia)
C L Lenehan
J Freidgeim
(for the 3rd Respondent)	
		
Submitting appearance
(for the 4th Respondent)

5.		STATE OF NEW SOUTH WALES

	BURNS & ORS

	M G Sexton SC
(Solicitor-General for the State of 
New South Wales)
K M Richardson SC
M O Pulsford	K T Nomchong SC
H E Jewell
(for the 1st Respondent)

P E King
(for the 2nd Respondent)

S P Donaghue QC
(Solicitor-General for the Commonwealth of Australia)
C L Lenehan
J Freidgeim
(for the 3rd Respondent)

Submitting appearance
(for the 4th Respondent)

		Interveners in all matters

P J Dunning QC
(Solicitor-General for the State of Queensland)
F J Nagorcka
(intervening on behalf of the 
Attorney-General of the State of Queensland)
	
		P D Quinlan SC
(Solicitor-General for the State of 
Western Australia)
C I Taggart
(intervening on behalf of the 
Attorney-General for the State of 
Western Australia)

M E O'Farrell SC
(Solicitor-General for the State of Tasmania
S K Kay
(intervening on behalf of the 
Attorney-General of the State of Tasmania)
	
		K L Walker QC
(Solicitor-General for the State of Victoria)
K E Foley
(intervening on behalf of the 
Attorney-General for the State of Victoria)

	

Carolyn Rogers
Senior Registrar