/opinion/national-action-plan-on-human-rights/61704 Setting Australia’s LGBTI agenda since 1979 Mon, 19 Sep 2011 20:17:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 /opinion/national-action-plan-on-human-rights/61704#comment-79829 Mon, 19 Sep 2011 20:17:08 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=61704#comment-79829 True, Derek, but how many of us have the means to take a challenge to the High Court??!

]]> /opinion/national-action-plan-on-human-rights/61704#comment-79475 Thu, 15 Sep 2011 08:17:33 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=61704#comment-79475 Section 109 of the Australian Constitution provides that, where a State law is inconsistent with a federal law, the federal law prevails (to the extent of the inconsistency). The High court may have different ideas as to whether the Fair Work Act can override the state Equal opportunity acts.

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