The Mason Court

Kildea, Paul; Williams, George

doi:10.1017/cbo9781107445253.013

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“…opinion polls on specific decisions are rare'. 42 Kildea and Williams refer to some specific public opinion polling on the High Court's decision in Mabo, 43 which suggest that public understanding of the decision was 'modest' and 'patchy'. 44 Relatedly, there is some public opinion polling on sentencing.…”

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“…42 Kildea and Williams refer to some specific public opinion polling on the High Court's decision in Mabo, 43 which suggest that public understanding of the decision was 'modest' and 'patchy'. 44 Relatedly, there is some public opinion polling on sentencing. Karen Gelb summarised much of this over three decades, concluding that typically 60-70 per cent of respondents believe that sentencing is too lenient.…”

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What the Australian Public Knows About the High Court

Nielsen

Smyth²

2019

Federal Law Review

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Existing studies for the United States examine the extent to which the public is knowledgeable about US courts, arguing that knowledge of the courts is linked to public support for their role. We know little, though, about the Australian public’s awareness of the High Court of Australia. We report the results of a survey of a representative sample of the Australian adult population, administered in November 2017. We find that few Australians know the names of the Justices, the number of Justices on the Court, how the Justices are appointed or for how long they serve. Awareness of recent cases decided by the Court is mixed. We find that age and education are better predictors of awareness levels than is gender. Our findings are important because in the absence of awareness of the High Court, the potential exists for the public to see the Court as having a more overt political role than it has, which may lower esteem for the Court. The potential for this to occur is exacerbated if, and when, politicians attempt to drag the High Court into the political fray, by attributing political motives to it that it does not have.

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Section: Existing Studiesmentioning

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What the Australian Public Knows About the High Court

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Smyth²

2019

Federal Law Review

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“…Under the Australian Constitution, state and territory governments have primary authority over water thus national reform can only be undertaken collaboratively through the Council of Australian Governments (CoAG) (Kildea and Williams, 2010). The 1994 CoAG water agreement recognised the need to alter the balance between consumptive and environmental water use and mandated that the environment was a legitimate user of water.…”

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Evaluating Reform of Australia's Water Policy Framework

Tan

2017

New Water Policy & Practice

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In the past two decades Australia has shifted from an administrative grants regime for allocating water to a statutory planning regime that shares water between consumptive and environmental use. This was to address problems of overuse of water primarily in the Murray‐Darling Basin. A suite of measures were introduced including institutional reform to set out the roles and responsibilities of those involved in the water industry; commitment to provide cost‐based pricing; trading to allow for transfer of water from low‐value crops to high value uses and water for the environment. The National Water Initiative, 2004 (NWI) is the current blueprint for reform. An independent statutory authority has audited national water reforms finding that measures have been successful in areas such as the introduction of tradable water entitlements. Environmental benefits will take many more years to be gauged, while the effects of climate change have not been consistently reflected in decision‐making. A developmental paradigm continues to dominate policy development for Northern Australia.

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Constitutional Implications in Australia

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Appleby²

The Invisible Constitution in Comparative Perspective

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The Mason Court

Cited by 17 publications

References 4 publications

What the Australian Public Knows About the High Court

What the Australian Public Knows About the High Court

Evaluating Reform of Australia's Water Policy Framework

Constitutional Implications in Australia

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