Cunningham & Ors v. Commonwealth of Australia & Anor
Case No.
S140/2015
Case Information
Catchwords
Constitution – s 51(xxxi) – Remuneration and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2011 (Cth) – Members of Parliament (Life Gold Pass) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2012 (Cth) – Acquisition of property on just terms – Where applicants are former members of the House of Representatives – Where applicants occupied positions as Ministers of State or where officeholders of the Parliament or of a House of Parliament – Where Parliament reduced the ‘retiring allowance’ of past members – Where Parliament restricted the number of return trips per year using the ‘Gold Pass’.
Documents
21/07/2015 Writ of summons
28/07/2015 Notice of constitutional matter (Plaintiffs)
04/08/2015 Submitting appearance (Second Defendant)
23/09/2015 Hearing (Single Justice, Sydney)
18/12/2015 Hearing (Single Justice, Sydney)
23/12/2015 Special case
11/03/2016 Written submissions (Plaintiffs)
11/03/2016 Chronology (Plaintiffs)
01/04/2016 Written submissions (First Defendant)
15/04/2016 Reply (Plaintiffs)
16/06/2016 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra) (Audio-visual recording)
12/10/2016 Judgment (Judgment Summary)