Chetcuti v. Commonwealth of Australia
Case No.
M122/2020
Case Information
Lower Court Judgment
26/11/2020 High Court of Australia (Nettle J)
Catchwords
Constitutional law – Legislative power – Naturalisation and aliens – Where appellant entered Australia in 1948 – Where appellant was born in Malta and entered Australia as British subject – Where appellant became citizen of United Kingdom and Colonies in 1949 and citizen of Malta on 1961 – Whether within power of Commonwealth Parliament to treat appellant as alien within s 51(xix) of Constitution – Whether within power of Parliament to specify criteria for alienage – Whether appellant entered Australia as alien.
Documents
10/12/2020 Notice of appeal
05/03/2021 Written submissions (Appellant)
05/03/2021 Chronology (Appellant)
02/04/2021 Written submissions (Respondent)
15/04/2021 Written submissions (Attorney-General for the State of South Australia, intervening)
22/04/2021 Written submissions (Respondent, in reply to intervener's submissions)
29/04/2021 Reply
11/05/2021 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra) (Audio-visual recording)
11/05/2021 Outline of oral argument (Appellant)
11/05/2021 Outline of oral argument (Respondent)
11/05/2021 Outline of oral argument (Attorney-General for the State of South Australia, intervening)
12/08/2021 Judgment (Judgment summary)