PETER SPENCER FIGHTS ON IN
FEDERAL COURT, SYDNEY THIS FRIDAY
Peter
Spencer will be back in the Federal Court, Queens Square, Sydney at 10 AM this
coming Friday for a directions hearing of Spencer v. Commonwealth of Australia.
Spencer’s
case will not be assisted by the decision on 26 November by the Federal Court
of Appeal upholding parliamentary privilege over four categories of Cabinet
documents sought by Spencer, claiming that the subject of the documents is
current and contentious. This decision flies in the face of the unanimous
decision of the Full Bench of the High Court in September 2010 that Spencer
should have access to the documents he needs to present his case.
RELATED
ISSUE
Last
week in Doha, Australia signed up to the continuation of the Kyoto Protocol
agreement. It is ironic that Australia’s ability to continue meeting its
Kyoto commitment target has been solely on the back of the enforced (and unpaid
for) storage of carbon in native vegetation on private farms that is at the
core of Spencer’s case.
Previous related discussion
Later published related discussion
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QUICK UPDATE POST - Peter's Spencer, King and McKell tactically won the day yesterday. The main outcome is that Spencer, the Commonwealth and NSW will be going to mediation to determine the matter of documents that Spencer has been seeking discovery of, and which the Commonwealth solicitors have been stonewalling providing for months-years....
ReplyDeleteI will provide more detail later....
Some good news after a few backward steps in recent times.
ReplyDeleteIan has provided more detail and has asked me to publish it as a new article; to read pleas follw this link - http://evacuationgrounds.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/spencer-gains-ground-in-federal-court.html