Queensland: A Return to the Moonlight State?

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Note, eg, Courier Mail editorials: ‘Newman Government's Anti-Bikie Crusade is a War Worth Fighting’, 28 October 2013 <http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/opinion/editorial-newman-governments-antibikie-crusade-is-a-war-worth-fighting/story-fnihsr9v-1226747886150>; ‘Jurists should Remember the Reasons for Bikies Crackdown’, 1 November 2013 <http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/opinion/editorial-jurists-should-remember-the-reasons-for-bikies-crackdown/story-fnihsr9v-1226750861064>.

Queensland Law Society (‘QLS’), ‘Legislative Rush Impacts the Rights of All Queenslanders’ (Media Release, 17 October 2013); QLS, ‘Government Endangers Democracy with Separation of Powers Breach’ (Media Release, 24 October 2013); Keim

SC Stephen

, ‘Queensland LNP Trashes Democracy and Rights’ Independent Australia, 31 October 2013 <http://www.independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/queensland-lnp-trashes-democracy-and-rights,5848>; Chesterman

Richard

, ‘Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie's Amendment to the Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Act will breed contempt’, Courier Mail Online, 22 October 2013 <http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/opinion/opinion-attorneygeneral-jarrod-bleijies-amendment-to-the-dangerous-prisoners-sexual-offenders-act-will-breed-contempt/story-fnihsr9v-1226744059579>.

Remeikis

Amy

, ‘Campbell Newman tells Lawyers to Leave “Ivory Towers”’ Brisbane Times Online, 24 October 2013 <http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/campbell-newman-tells-lawyers-to-leave-ivory-towers-20131024-2w318.html>. Dowsett J impliedly responded to this, referring to ‘ivory towers’ in his Address to Graduates: QUT Faculty of Law Graduation Ceremony, QUT, 9 December 2013.

Brennan

Gerard

, ‘Judicial Independence’ (Speech delivered to the Australian Judicial Conference, ANU, Canberra, 2 November 1996) <http://www.hcourt.gov.au/assets/publications/speeches/former-justices/brennanj/brennanj_ajc.htm>.

Ivamy

E R Hardy

(ed), Mozley & Whiteley's Law Dictionary (Butterworths, 10th ed, 1988) 424: The doctrine that all men are equal before the law, and that acts of officials in carrying out government orders are cognisable in the ordinary courts of law.'

See further, the English Bill of Rights 1689 (An Act Declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject and Settling the Succession of the Crown) and the Act of Settlement 1700; Declaration of the Rights of Man — 1789 (National Assembly of France, August 26, 1789); and US Constitution Bill of Rights, and the Fourteenth Amendment XIV – Citizen rights not to be abridged (Passed by Congress 13 June 1866 and ratified 9 July 1868).

Gleeson

Murray

, ‘Courts and the Rule of Law’ (Speech delivered at The Rule of Law Series, University of Melbourne, 7 November 2001).

Ibid.

Case of Prohibitions del Ray 77 ER 1342, 1342.

10.

Dr Bonham's Case 77 ER 646, 652.

11.

Case of Proclamations 77 ER 1352, 1354.

12.

Explained in the Queensland context: How Government Works <http://www.qld.gov.au/about/how-government-works/system-of-government/>.

13.

See, eg, Gleeson , above n 7.

14.

Fiss

Owen

, The War against Terrorism and the Rule of Law' (2006) 26(2) Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 235.

15.

Fitzgerald

, (Tony) Report of a Commission of Inquiry Pursuant to Orders in Council: Commission of Inquiry into Possible Illegal Activities and Associated Police Misconduct (1989) 127, 143–5.

16.

Ibid.

17.

Wainohu v New South Wales [2011] HCA 24; South Australia v Totani [2010] HCA 39.

18.

Morgan

George

Dagistanli

Selda

Martin

Greg

, ‘Counter-terrorism and Moral Panic over “Bikie Gang Wars” in New South Wales’ (2010) 43 ANZ Journal of Criminology 580, 581 (citations omitted).

19.

See generally, ABC Radio National, ‘Illegal Drugs’, Rear Vision, 25 March 2012 <http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/rearvision/illegal-drugs/3894358>.

20.

Fitzgerald , above n 15, 140.

21.

Criminal Code (Qld), s 1 definition ‘criminal association’.

22.

Criminal Code (Qld), s 60A.

23.

Liquor Act 1992 (Qld), ss173EA-ED.

24.

Bail Act 1980 (Qld), s 16(3A).

25.

Ibid s 16(3C).

26.

Bail Act 1980 (Qld), s16 (3A).

27.

Crime and Misconduct Act 2001 (Qld), s 190(4).

28.

Ibid s 198A (8A).

29.

Ibid s 198A (8B).

30.

Acting Premier/Attorney-General & Minister for Justice, Tough new laws to combat criminal gangs' (Joint Media Statement, 30 September 2013) <http://statements.qld.gov.au/Statement/2013/9/30/tough-new-laws-to-combat-criminal-gangs>.

31.

Tattoo Parlour Act 2013 (Qld).

32.

‘Round two of anti-bikie laws on way in Qld’, news.com.au (online), 18 November 2013 <http://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/round-two-of-anti-bikie-laws-on-way-in-qld/story-e6frfku9-1226762426100>.

33.

G20 Safety and Security Bill 2013, s 7.

34.

Ibid ss 18–19.

35.

Ibid ss 23–25.

36.

Ibid s 50.

37.

Ibid s 55.

38.

Ibid s 59.

39.

Ibid s 78.

40.

Ibid s 79.

41.

Ibid s 82.

42.

Tin

Jason

, ‘Queensland Parliament Pass New Laws to Extend Police Powers during G20’, The Australian (Sydney), 30 October 2013 <http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/queensland-parliament-pass-new-laws-to-extend-police-powers-during-g20/story-e6frg6n6-1226749323513>.

43.

Electoral Commission Queensland, ‘Total Formal First Preference Vote by Party’ <http://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/state/state2012/results/summary.html#13>.

44.

Aroney

Nicholas

, ‘Four Reasons for an Upper House’ (2008) 29 Adelaide Law Review 205.

45.

Rego

Fidelis

, ‘No Upper House Needed for Queensland, Premier Campbell Newman Says’, ABC News Online, 25 November 2013 <http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-11-25/no-upper-house-needed-for-qld-parliament-newman-says/5114170>.

46.

Fitzgerald , above n 15.

47.

Ibid 126.

48.

Ibid 138.

49.

Ibid 139.

50.

QLS Media Release, 17 October 2013, above n 2.

51.

Ibid.

52.

Levy

Ken

, ‘Strong Anti Gang Laws Vital to Shield the Innocent in Bikie Battle says CMC Boss’, Courier Mail (Brisbane), 27 October 2013 <http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/opinion/opinion-strong-antigang-laws-vital-to-shield-the-innocent-in-bikie-battle-says-cmc-boss/story-fnihsr9v-1226750041912>.

53.

Stephanie Small, Brad Ryan and staff, ‘Call for Judicial Inquiry after Qld Government Sacks PCMC Members’ ABC Online, 22 November 2013 <http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-11-22/call-for-judicial-inquiry-after-qld-government-sacks-pcmc/5109756>.

54.

‘Newman Government's Anti-Bikie Crusade is a War Worth Fighting’, above n 1.

55.

‘Jurists Should Remember the Reasons for Bikies Crackdown’, above n 1.

56.

See above n 4.

57.

Ratnapala

Suri

Crowe

Jonathan

, ‘Broadening the Reach of Chapter III’ (2012) 36 (1) MULR175; Beck

Luke

, ‘What is a “Supreme Court of a State”?’ (2012) 34 Sydney Law Review 295.

58.

Assistant Commissioner Condon v Pompano Pty Ltd (2013) 87 ALJR 458, [123–6].

59.

Attorney-General (Queensland) v Lawrence [2013] QCA 364; Attorney-General (Queensland) v Fardon [2013] QCA 365.

60.

Attorney-General (Queensland) v Lawrence [2013] QCA 364, [42].

61.

Gleeson , above n 4.

62.

See, eg, Magaming v The Queen [2013] HCA 40.

63.

R v Brown [2013] QSC 299 [3].

64.

R v Brown [2013] QSC 299.

65.

The Queen v Brown [2013] QCA 337.

66.

Brennan , above n 4.

67.

Remeikis , above n 3.

68.

Murphy

Damien

, ‘The man who won the battle of Fraser Island quits Queensland’, The Age (Melbourne), 26 August 1986, 17; Walters

Brian

, ‘Suing Into Submission: Using Litigation to Quell Dissent’ (Public lecture, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law), 9 August 2005 <http://www.law.monash.edu.au/castancentre/events/2005/walters-paper.pdf>; See generally 1985 SEQEB industrial dispute and the notorious legislation, Electricity (Continuity of Supply) Act 1985 (Qld); Matt Foley, Queensland Council for Civil Liberties (Speech for QCCL Award of Life Membership, McIlwraith Croquet Club, Auchenflower, 27 October 2013) <http://www.qccl.org.au/documents/Speech_MFoley_27Oct13_ThreeDoctorsAGM.pdf>.