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Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission (NSW) v Browning

[1947] HCA 21 ; (1947) 74 CLR 492 ; [1948] 1 ALR 89

High Court of Australia · 1947 · Find the judgment

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  1. PMT Partners Pty Ltd (In Liq) v Australian National Parks & Wildlife Service [1995] HCA 36 Cited High Court of Australia · cited 129× · judgment
  2. Minister of State for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Teoh [1995] HCA 20 Cited High Court of Australia · cited 502× · judgment
  3. Hot Holdings Pty Ltd v Creasy [1996] HCA 44 Applied or followed High Court of Australia · cited 100× · judgment
  4. Wik Peoples v Queensland [1996] HCA 40 Cited High Court of Australia · cited 208× · judgment
  5. De L v Director-General, Department of Community Services (NSW) [1996] HCA 5 Cited High Court of Australia · cited 19× · judgment
  6. Kruger v Commonwealth [1997] HCA 27 Cited High Court of Australia · cited 167× · judgment
  7. Queensland v JL Holdings Pty Ltd [1997] HCA 1 Cited High Court of Australia · cited 613× · judgment
  8. CDJ v VAJ [1998] HCA 67 Cited High Court of Australia · cited 378× · judgment
  9. Oshlack v Richmond River Council [1998] HCA 11 Cited High Court of Australia · cited 2,226× · judgment
  10. Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu v Australian Securities Commission [1995] FCA 6 Cited Federal Court of Australia · judgment
  11. Re Noel Michael Lattouf; Ex parte NSW Director of Public Prosecutions v Lattouf [1995] FCA 752 Cited Federal Court of Australia · cited 1× · judgment
  12. Comalco Aluminium (Bell Bay) Limited v The Honourable Deidre O'Connor, President; The Honourable John MacBean and the Honourable Colin Polites, Senior Deputy Presidents; The Honourable Simon Williams, Deputy President and Mr Robert Merriman, Commissioner, Members of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission - First Respondents and The Australian Workers Union - Federation of Industrial, Manufacturing and Engineering Employees Amalgamated Union; Automotive, Food, Metals and Engineering Union and Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union - Second Respondents [1995] IRCA 540 Cited IRCA · judgment
  13. Lynch, Thomas Brendan Dr v Minister for Human Services & Health (formerly the Minister for Health, Housing, Local Government & Community Services) [1995] FCA 1084 Cited Federal Court of Australia · judgment
  14. Nguyen Thanh Trong v Minister for Immigration, Local Government & Ethnic Affairs Nguyen Thanh Trong v Refugee Review Tribunal [1996] FCA 681 Cited Federal Court of Australia · judgment
  15. Aboriginal Legal Service Ltd v Senator Herron, John, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs [1996] FCA 826 Cited Federal Court of Australia · judgment
  16. Evans, Ted Comanoo & Anor on Behalf of the Koara People v State of Western Australia & Ors [1997] FCA 741 Cited Federal Court of Australia · cited 5× · judgment
  17. Bannister Quest Pty Ltd v Australian Fisheries Management Authority [1997] FCA 819 Cited Federal Court of Australia · judgment
  18. Australian Consumer & Competition Commission v Z-tek Computer Pty Ltd [1997] FCA 871 Cited Federal Court of Australia · cited 76× · judgment
  19. Foster, Peter Clarence v The Attorney-General of the Commonwealth of Australia [1997] FCA 1233 Applied or followed Federal Court of Australia · judgment
  20. Foster, Peter Clarence v The Attorney-General of the Commonwealth of Australia [1998] FCA 1299 Applied or followed Federal Court of Australia · judgment
  21. Randwick City Council & Anor v Minister for the Environment & Anor [1998] FCA 1376 Cited Federal Court of Australia · cited 11× · judgment
  22. May v Deputy Commissioner of Taxation [1999] FCA 287 Cited Federal Court of Australia · cited 19× · judgment
  23. Mills and Ors V Department of Land and Water Conservation and Anor [1999] NSWLEC 184 Cited Land and Environment Court of NSW · judgment
  24. City West Housing Pty Ltd V Sydney City Council [1999] NSWLEC 246 Cited Land and Environment Court of NSW · cited 26× · judgment
  25. Cabal v United Mexican States (No 6) [2000] FCA 651 Cited Federal Court of Australia · cited 24× · judgment
  26. WATER ADMINISTRATION MINISTERIAL CORPORATION v MILLS ENGSTA PTY LTD v MILLS [2000] NSWCA 194 Cited NSW Court of Appeal · judgment
  27. Pilbara Aboriginal Land Council Aboriginal Corporation Inc v Minister for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Affairs [2000] FCA 1113 Cited Federal Court of Australia · cited 65× · judgment
  28. Coal and Allied Operations Pty Ltd v Australian Industrial Relations Commission [2000] HCA 47 Cited High Court of Australia · cited 399× · judgment
  29. McGlade v Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission [2000] FCA 1477 Cited Federal Court of Australia · cited 14× · judgment
  30. Lane Cove Council v. RTA [2001] NSWSC 30 Cited Supreme Court of NSW · cited 2× · judgment
  31. Khamis -v- Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service [2001] NSWADT 21 Cited Administrative Decisions Tribunal (NSW) · cited 2× · judgment
  32. Arian v Nguyen [2001] NSWCA 5 Cited NSW Court of Appeal · cited 98× · judgment
  33. Paterson v Chief of the Army (No 2) [2001] FCA 196 Applied or followed Federal Court of Australia · judgment
  34. Simon Richard Lane v The Commonwealth Bank of Australia [2001] NSWIRComm 57 Cited Industrial Relations Commission of NSW · cited 7× · judgment
  35. Ezy Cash Pawn Brokers Pty Limited -v- Director General, Department of Fair Trading [2001] NSWADT 70 Cited Administrative Decisions Tribunal (NSW) · judgment
  36. Moama Refinery Pty Ltd v Chief Executive Officer of Customs [2001] FCA 1287 Cited Federal Court of Australia · judgment
  37. Adam v The Queen [2001] HCA 57 Cited High Court of Australia · cited 80× · judgment
  38. Soegianto v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2001] FCA 1612 Cited Federal Court of Australia · cited 6× · judgment
  39. Melville v Craig Nowlan & Associates Pty Ltd & Anor [2002] NSWCA 32 Cited NSW Court of Appeal · cited 73× · judgment
  40. Goldie v Commonwealth of Australia [2002] FCA 261 Cited Federal Court of Australia · cited 7× · judgment
  41. Gerlach v Clifton Bricks Pty Ltd [2002] HCA 22 Cited High Court of Australia · cited 158× · judgment
  42. NAAV v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2002] FCAFC 228 Cited Federal Court of Australia (Full Court) · cited 289× · judgment
  43. Pilkington (Australia) Ltd v Minister of State for Justice & Customs [2002] FCAFC 423 Cited Federal Court of Australia (Full Court) · cited 10× · judgment
  44. Humane Society International Inc v Minister for the Environment & Heritage [2003] FCA 64 Cited Federal Court of Australia · cited 3× · judgment
  45. NEAT Domestic Trading Pty Limited v AWB Limited [2003] HCA 35 Cited High Court of Australia · cited 62× · judgment
  46. Island Industries Pty Limited v The Administrator of Norfolk Island [2003] NFSC 1 Cited Supreme Court of Norfolk Island · cited 1× · judgment
  47. CF v The State of New South Wales [2003] NSWSC 620 Cited Supreme Court of NSW · cited 2× · judgment
  48. Te v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2004] FCAFC 15 Cited Federal Court of Australia (Full Court) · cited 17× · judgment
  49. Turnbull & Ors v NRMA [2004] NSWSC 577 Cited Supreme Court of NSW · cited 24× · judgment
  50. Le v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2004] FCA 875 Cited Federal Court of Australia · cited 23× · judgment

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