Author: Rachel Amamoo

In this case, the question for the High Court was whether Code of Conduct legislation, that applied to Australian Public Service employees, imposed an unjustified burden on the constitutionally implied freedom of political communication. The High Court’s answer was ― “No”.

A majority of the High Court held that Queensland laws regulating the making of gifts to political parties were valid, and that a Commonwealth law purporting to permit such gifts was invalid.