Murphy & Anor v. Electoral Commissioner & Anor
Case No.
M247/2015
Case Information
Catchwords
Constitutional law – Legislative power – Franchise – Constitutional limitations upon power of Parliament to regulate exercise of entitlement to enrol to vote – Date for close of Electoral Rolls in Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (Cth) – Where Act suspends the enrolment or transfer of enrolment of electors in the period between the close of the Rolls and the close of the poll – Whether denial of enrolment effected by Act contravenes constitutional requirement that representatives be "directly chosen by the people" – Whether amendments operated as disqualification from entitlement to vote and, if so, whether disqualification for substantial reason – Relevance of Roach v Electoral Commissioner (2007) 233 CLR 162 – Relevance of Rowe v Electoral Commissioner (2010) 243 CLR 1.
Documents*
27/11/2015 Application for an order to show cause
27/11/2015 Notice of constitutional matter (Plaintiff)
16/02/2016 Hearing (Single Justice, Melbourne)
15/03/2016 Hearing (Single Justice, Melbourne)
18/03/2016 Hearing (Single Justice, Melbourne)
24/03/2016 Special case stated
24/03/2016 Hearing (Single Justice, Melbourne)
11/04/2016 Written submissions (Plaintiff)
11/04/2016 Chronology
26/04/2016 Written submissions (Second Defendant)
26/04/2016 Submitting appearance (First Defendant)
26/04/2016 Written submissions (Attorney-General for the State of South Australia intervening)
04/05/2016 Reply
11/05/2016 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra) (Audio-visual recording)
12/05/2016 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra) (Audio-visual recording)
05/09/2016 Reasons for judgment