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Queensland v Commonwealth (“Tropical Rainforest Case”) (1989) 167 CLR 232
This case considered the external affairs power of the Commonwealth under s.51(xxix) and whether or not the protection of an area of tropical rainforest in Queensland was a matter of international obligation for Australia.
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