Subsequent Legal Challenge
Thirteen months later, four state litigants, Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia took legal action against the Minister for Minerals and Energy Rex Connor and the Commonwealth Government, and successfully overturned the Petroleum and Minerals Authority Act 1973 on the grounds that correct constitutional procedure had not been followed: it had not been one of the 'proposed laws' in dispute when the double dissolution was called and could not therefore be voted on by the joint session. Although the law remains on the statute books as No. 74 of 1973, it was invalidated by the ruling of the High Court.
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