HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA

COURT NO. 1
Parkes Place, Canberra

WEDNESDAY, 14 AUGUST 2019

AT 9:45 AM

BEFORE THE FULL COURT

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT
		
	PALMER & ORS	AUSTRALIAN ELECTORAL COMMISSION & ORS
	
FOR JUDGMENT		
	THE NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
	SANGARE	
	GLENCORE INTERNATIONAL AG & ORS	COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA & ORS
	
PART HEARD		
	BMW AUSTRALIA LTD	BREWSTER & ANOR
	
	J K Kirk SC
T O Prince
	J C Sheahan QC
E Holmes
R Mansted
(for the 1st respondent)

Submitting appearance
(for the 2nd respondent)

Interveners

S B Lloyd SC 
D P Hume
K N Pham
(on behalf of the Attorney-General of the Commonwealth of Australia)

K L Walker QC
(Solicitor-General for the State of Victoria)
M A Hosking
(on behalf of the Attorney-General for the State of Victoria)

J A Thomson SC
(Solicitor-General for the State
of Western Australia)
E J Cavanagh
B J Tomasi
(on behalf of the Attorney-General for the State of Western Australia)

G A Thompson QC
(Solicitor-General of the State of Queensland)
F J Nagorcka
(on behalf of the Attorney-General of the State of Queensland)
	
	WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION & ANOR 
	LENTHALL & ORS
	
	A Leopold SC
S J Free SC
C G Winnett	J T Gleeson SC
W A D Edwards
Z C Heger
(for the 1st to 4th respondents)

N C Hutley SC
B K Lim
S K Tame
(for the 5th respondent)

Interveners

S B Lloyd SC 
D P Hume
K N Pham
(on behalf of the Attorney-General for the Commonwealth of Australia)

K L Walker QC
(Solicitor-General for the
State of Victoria)
M A Hosking
(on behalf of the Attorney-General for the State of Victoria)

	
J A Thomson SC
(Solicitor-General for the State of Western Australia)
E J Cavanagh
B J Tomasi
(on behalf of the Attorney-General for the State of Western Australia)

G A Thompson QC
(Solicitor-General of the
State of Queensland)
F J Nagorcka
(on behalf of the Attorney-General of the State of Queensland)

	
Carolyn Rogers
Senior Registrar