High Court Transcript shows ACT's Homosexual Marriage Act will create confusion
The Commonwealth of Australia v The Australian Capital Territory [2013] HCATrans 299 (3 December 2013) Last Updated: 3 December 2013 [2013] HCATrans 299 IN THE HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA Office of the Registry Canberra No C13 of 2013 B e t w e e n - THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA Plaintiff and THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY Defendant FRENCH CJ HAYNE J CRENNAN J KIEFEL J BELL J KEANE J TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS AT CANBERRA ON TUESDAY, 3 DECEMBER 2013, AT 10.15 AM Copyright in the High Court of Australia MR J.T. GLEESON, SC , Solicitor-General of the Commonwealth : May it please the Court, I appear with MR M.P. KEARNEY, SC , MR C.L. LENEHAN and MR G.A. HILL , for the Commonwealth as plaintiff. (instructed by Australian Government Solicitor ) MR P.J.F. GARRISSON, SC , Solicitor-General of the Australian Capital Territory) : May it please the Court, I appear for the defendant with my learned friends, MS K.L. EASTMAN, SC and MS H. YOUNAN . (