Australian Communist Party V Commonwealth

Australian Communist Party V Commonwealth

Australian Communist Party v The Commonwealth (1951) 83 CLR 1, also known as the Communist Party Case, was a legal case in the High Court of Australia described as "undoubtedly one of the High Court's most important decisions."

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