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New South Wales v Commonwealth (“Seas and Submerged Lands Act Case”) (1975) 135 CLR 337
This case considered the external affairs power under section 51(xxix) and whether or not a Commonwealth law regarding the waters around Australia was a valid law exercised under the external affairs power.
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