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Government faces likely High Court challenge to its CFMEU legislation (theconversation.com)

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former Queensland secretary Michael Ravbar – who’s been dismissed together with almost all other officials – said he would launch a challenge against the legislation passed last week to put the union into administration.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

There's a point made about how no courts were involved in the action. In wonder if the High Court has a pragmatic interest in stopping this kind of summary action. If the courts can be bypassed, what power will they have?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

IMO this seemed like it may have influenced the decision making when the courts banned indefinite detention