Malcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party, Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

in reply—I thank the members who have contributed to this debate on the Judiciary Legislation Amendment Bill 2006: the member for Cook, the member for Prospect, the member for Fisher and, just a moment ago, the member for Gellibrand.

In response to a few points the member for Gellibrand raised, she raised some concerns about whether the ex post facto or retrospective validation of purported orders made by non-judicial officers of state courts would be constitutionally valid. I was gratified to hear of her concern, but characteristically she did not provide any suggestions as to how her concern could be dealt with. She provided no amendments, and no solutions were offered at all.

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