Institution
High Court of Australia
The High Court of Australia is the highest court of the Commonwealth of Australia, provided for in the federal constitution of 1901 and established in 1903. It interprets the constitution, settles disputes between the Commonwealth and the states and hears final appeals. Appeals from it to the Privy Council in London were ended by 1986, and the court has sat in Canberra since 1980.
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