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According to this the Australian High Court bills of attainder are unconstitutional. Meaning not within the powers granted to the federal government, as those a
by graeme 6y ago
According to this the Australian High Court bills of attainder are unconstitutional. Meaning not within the powers granted to the federal government, as those are judicial powers instead.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_of_attainder https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_of_attainder
(Note that I’m not saying this proposed law is unconstitutional or a bill of attainder. Haven’t examined it.)
- gamblor956 6y agoI don't know why you keep bringing up this "bill of attainder" nonsense. A bill of attainder is "a legislative act that singles out an individual or group for punishment without a trial." Legislation that singles out an individual or group for other purposes is not a bill of attainder. This bill singles out Facebook and Google, but it does not subject them to criminal punishment. It is therefore, by definition under common law tradition (and also under U.S. law), not a bill of attainder.
- morei 6y agoThe code is not a bill of attainder. Note that there are existing codes for other industries that operate along the same lines as the proposed code . e.g. The Telecom Industry Ombudsman operates via a code. The (non-government!) TIO has the government granted right to impose costs onto those companies that are deemed 'telecoms operators'.